In February 2015, a pediatrician at Eastlake Pediatrics in Roseville, MI refused to treat an infant so as to uphold the religious right to discriminate against the infant’s lesbian mothers. The following month, Senator Rick Jones provided an example of how the proposed MI-RFRA bill could potentially be used to allow a baker to legally refuse service to a patron who requests a religious themed cake that offends the baker's personal belief system. Patrons do not deserve to endure the distress, humiliation and inconvenience associated with being refused service by a public business in their communities. Instead, business owners should assume the responsibility of communicating their biases publicly. It's clear that the Michigan legislature wants to permit businesses to legally sidestep civil rights protections under the guise of "Religious Liberty." If an individual or business can refuse to recognize a person's civil rights on the pretext of religious belief, those rights become effectively meaningless. Let's call it for what it really is, and require businesses who serve the public to specify who they discriminate against.

This petition is in response to Ice Time sports acceptance of Coach Todd Mancuso's resignation. Coach Todd has been instrumental in the development of our children! He has taught them skills they will take with them through their entire life. He is an asset to the Ice Time organization and we feel that accepting his resignation is a huge mistake. Please sign this petition and let the management of Ice Time Sports know you support and value Coach Todd and the active role he plays in the development of your child. We hope that with enough signatures, the management of Ice Time Sports will reconsider their decision to accept his resignation and take the necessary steps to keep Coach Todd an active member of the Ice Time Family!

Yes I have been affected by this because am a wife who go to bed every night cry with my kids we pray fir him we see people do worst crime than him getting Parole out, am just lost by GA law see am.from CT, not even Contraval visit GA Don't give while other state do, yes my husband did his crime but Good God almighty he was a teenager not that it justify his crime, but he isn't the same guy after 17 years I really would like the GA Parole board to better I wrote on 2 Occassion and I don't even know if they receive my letter,we as blacks have to do better

Honesty in Elected Officials She should NOT run for President. Since whitewater, and other Clinton Scandels...she is covering up mistakes with Benghazi and Email Trashing. She is a liar! http://www.arkancide.com/

Protecting the Ogallala aquifer. Fracking in the NW corner of Nebraska will put the entire state at risk as the water flows from the Northwest to the southeast of the state. The water in the state flows at a rate of 6mph potential for contamination from one end to the other in three days.

I have had multiple personal experiences with the NMLB where they were helping steal $47,000.00 of my registered llamas and goats and destroying my income, breeding program and blood lines. I have caught the NMLB creating fraudulent paperwork to give a stray horse to their buddies, and they have knowingly allowed two of my horses to get stolen and taken to an auction in another county without filing any charges of the multiple felonies entailed. The NMLB "refused" to do anything about one of my horses that was shot and killed as a registered Appaloosa 11 month old filly, destroying my future breeding, income, blood lines, and of course the multiple value of the animal for use as working livestock as well as a pet. Recently, I had been care-taking a stray horse with food and water on open range, and decided to have the NMLB take the animal as an "estray" to protect it from being roped and abused by some that had talked to me and as the legal way to gain actual ownership of the animal. This was a 3 year old colt with much Arab in him and very sweet and gentle. The NMLB sold the colt to a killer to be destroyed rather than awarding me as second highest bid a horse I had already cared for. I have sued the NMLB several times in District Court and each time they escape prosecution claiming "public immunity" and with claims under the 11 Amendment, where we have "criminals" in our government that the law protects without conscience. Undeniably, both the 11th Amendment and the idea of persons "above all laws" in public immunity are against the other provisions of the Constitution including "equal protection" of the 5th and 14th Amendments. Clearly, stipulations should be made at any auction to save the animal as with a BLM adoption, rather than simply take a few dollars more in bid to have the animal killed. The outrageous corruption of the New Mexico Livestock Board is simply an exaggeration of the mindset of rustlers and thieves with no conscience. NMSA 29-1-2 mandates that the owner be found and the livestock returned to the owner. Livestock is "personal property" protected in ownership by federal law. "All citizens of the United States shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, as is enjoyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property. " The NMLB takes personal property without due process of law under violations of the 4th, 5th and 14th Amendments, making their agency in violation of the Constitution and in violation of the Supremacy Clause Article VI. To the NM State Legislature and Governor Susana Martinez: abolish the NMLB and prosecute some of the directors and inspectors under "unlawful killing of animals without cause". as was clearly done with this young colt. NMSA 30-18-1. Cruelty to animals; extreme cruelty to animals; penalties; exceptions. A. As used in this section, "animal" does not include insects or reptiles. B. Cruelty to animals consists of a person: (1) negligently mistreating, injuring, killing without lawful justification or tormenting an animal; or (2) abandoning or failing to provide necessary sustenance to an animal under that person's custody or control. C. As used in Subsection B of this section, "lawful justification" means: (1) humanely destroying a sick or injured animal; or (2) protecting a person or animal from death or injury due to an attack by another animal. D. Whoever commits cruelty to animals is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978. Upon a fourth or subsequent conviction for committing cruelty to animals, the offender is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. E. Extreme cruelty to animals consists of a person: (1) intentionally or maliciously torturing, mutilating, injuring or poisoning an animal; or (2) maliciously killing an animal. F. Whoever commits extreme cruelty to animals is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978. G. The court may order a person convicted for committing cruelty to animals to participate in an animal cruelty prevention program or an animal cruelty education program. The court may also order a person convicted for committing cruelty to animals or extreme cruelty to animals to obtain psychological counseling for treatment of a mental health disorder if, in the court's judgment, the mental health disorder contributes to the commission of the criminal offense. The offender shall bear the expense of participating in an animal cruelty prevention program, animal cruelty education program or psychological counseling ordered by the court. H. If a child is adjudicated of cruelty to animals, the court shall order an assessment and any necessary psychological counseling or treatment of the child.

Military applicants that are on medicine should be allowed in the military.

The University of North Carolina system has been a national model. But a series of recent decisions undermine that status. Over the summer, for example, with no student input, the Board of Governors voted to cap student financial aid -- directly affecting the ability of 16 colleges within the North Carolina system to keep their doors open to any student with the talent, desire, and drive to attend regardless of ability to pay. As student leaders and advocates, we are asking the Board to rescind its financial aid cap and that instead all public North Carolina colleges cap student loan debt for those from low and hard-pressed middle-income families. Without need-based financial aid, many of us would not have been able to attend or impact our respective universities in the way that we have: “If it had not been for financial aid, my student loans would have been exceptionally higher and I would not have been able to afford my degree.” –Quantia Sutton, senior at Fayettville State “Without financial aid, I would miss out on an often neglected aspect of [socioeconomic] diversity, and my undergraduate experience would be vastly less dynamic.” –Madeline Finnegan, freshman at NC State Join us in signing this petition demanding that the Board of Governors overturn their decision limiting student financial aid and insisting that there be a cap on student loan debt instead. The student voice should be heard on all decisions affecting financial aid and college affordability. For more information, visit our website www.capncstudentdebt.org -Quantia Sutton, Fayetteville State University, Class of 2015 -Madeline Finnegan, North Carolina State University, Class of 2018 -Hajar Ahmed, University of Virginia, Class of 2014

The recent executive action on immigration taken by President Obama came as a result of tremendous effort by affected communities. More than four million undocumented people will be eligible for relief but the way it is structured disproportionately excludes LGBTQ people. The President was not limited by law in the scope of his action. In fact, it was politics that guided his pen, as he calculated the safest level of risk, when what was needed was for him to show unflinching leadership to enact common sense reform. By expanding protection from deportation only to childhood arrivals and biological parents of U.S. citizen children and legal permanent residents the immigration action disproportionately excludes LGBTQ people. Limiting those who deserve to live without fear only to childhood arrivals or biological parents of US Citizens (and legal permanent resident children) is an error that must be corrected. Further, the executive action only recognizes certain types of families. Biological parenthood is not and should not be privileged as the sole relation that defines ties to this country. Undocumented LGBTQ people, through loving ties and chosen family, weave together relationships that should be honored, and community that makes up the fabric of this country too.

On Friday the 13th, the USDA approved the unnecessary, unlabeled, and poorly tested GMO apple. It was an unlucky day indeed for the apple growers, food companies, and people like us who want to protect our families from GMO foods. But it’s not all bad news. Thanks to pressure from thousands of people like you, McDonald’s and Gerber -- two of the biggest purchasers of apples -- have already confirmed that they have no plans to sell GMO apples. Their commitments will help keep this risky product off the market. Now, we need to get other fast food companies to join them. If we can get the top 10 fast food companies, including Burger King, Wendy’s, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts, to commit to not sell the GMO apple, we may be able to prevent it from ending up on our plates! Tell these fast food restaurants to say NO to GMO apples!

Western Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit, public-interest environmental law firm. Our expert attorneys are ready to use the full power of the law to stop the Bureau of Land Management from prioritizing corporate income over the health of our environment and communities.

I am a huge lover of chicken fries and Burger King took them off their menu. They are very delicious and they were my favorite item on the menu. Chicken fries have a right to be on the menu and enjoyed by the public.