I want our Mercy girls to be able to replenish their bodies throughout the school day. We should not be punished for one person's mistake. The bottles could be monitored, making sure that everyone is only carrying around water.

Poor NC Education!!

The new priest had only been at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Lewistown, Montana for four days when he discovered that a gay couple in the congregation had married last year. He gave them an ultimatum: Either divorce and renounce their marriage, he told Paul Huff and Tom Wotjowick, or the two lifelong Catholics would be banned from church ministries and from receiving communion. Paul and Tom have been in a committed relationship for 30 years. Devoted Catholics, they play music at service and sing in the choir, and they never publicized their marriage. Already, as many as 40 of their fellow congregants have spoken out or quit attending mass in protest. So far the local bishop is backing the parish priest, even though he acknowledges that Paul and Tom are "good people." We need to show him that there's a growing national outcry of Christians who are appalled at how Tom and Paul are being treated.

The Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility is the official campaign organization for Yes on 594, and together with tens of thousands of other Washingtonians, we are FINALLY going to enact commonsense reforms to our state gun laws this fall. With your help, we're finally going to close the guns show loophole, make universal background checks law, make our families safer, and reduce gun violence in our communities. But the gun lobby is fighting hard to stop us, so we need your help now.

PG&E took money which was supposed to upgrade their gas pipelines and used it on executive pay and profits, resulting in the explosion which killed eight people and destroyed a neighborhood in San Bruno. And recently, emails have surfaced which reveal a cozy culture of collusion between PG&E and the agency which is supposed to regulate it, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). On top of that, both PG&E and the California PUC seem to be ignoring the recent report from Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector Dr. Michael Peck, calling attention to newly-discovered earthquake faults near PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant which could result in a meltdown similar to Fukushima, Japan, and deadly radioactive fallout across America. You will be sending a message to Peevey and Gov. Brown by signing the petition, and you can also give them your individual comments as you sign. (Note: sources of information will be furnished on request.)

As a woman, I find Cory Gardner's positions on women's health offensive and threatening. For 8 straight years, he co-sponsored the extreme anti-choice effort to designate a fertilized egg as a human being. Now, he's flip-flopped his position as he postures to pursue his political ambition to move from Congress to the Senate. To paraphrase Ann Richards, "A woman who votes for Cory Gardner is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."

We would like to share another side of the story on Deborah Reid Kimbrough.We need as many signatures as we can get in the next couple weeks. Debbie is not nor ever been a violent person. In the 55 years of her life I cannot remember any time that she lost her temper.She did not cold blooded shoot Howard "Sonny" Kimbrough. Sonny was not the perfect person some people want you to believe. Her mother passed away earlier that year in her home and she was not allowed to mourn for her. Their financial situation was in a shambles due to both her, Sonny and their children. It was going to get worse and she was at a dead end, knowing how violent Sonny was. His second wife (Tina Woods) mother, when she left him Sonny went to her home and fired shots into it with no regard to whomever was inside. He put his Mother & father-in-law out of their home and left the elderly couple in a financial strain all because he had been telling a lie the whole time about his own living situation. Sonny had already threatened her life. She was hardly ever allowed to go anywhere without him there. She was already living in a prison environment. Unless you have been in a violent relationship you cannot judge what another person felt was their only option. I am sorry for the loss to his family but Debbie lost a whole lot more. She deserves a chance to get on with her life now. Thank you All and God Bless You. She never stood a chance on a fair trial in Colbert County, even after the Judge set her bond and Deborah had two people to put up the assets for her release on bond. The Sheriff Ronnie Mays denied them the chance to even apply, so he violated her rights.

I am convinced the North Carolina Board of Elections is Republican-controlled and incapable of performing a fair and impartial investigation of alleged Americans for Prosperity fraudulent activity. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/koch-group-behind-faulty-mailers-isnt-first-time

Currently, job seekers are invariably being required during the hiring process to explain why they have been unemployed so long. As a result, that sends them into a cycle of not getting hired, lengthening their already long-term unemployment, and making them less desirable hire candidates by subsequent potential employers. This subtle form of discrimination needs to be stopped. A tax credit for potential employers would seem to be an answer.

Bill Moyers and Company has been a breath of fresh air since it started in 2011 at a time when the world needed responsible sense-making. While Moyers provided the voice, it was the work of his "Company," the staff that provided the knowledge and information, that made the show. The Company does not have to end. PBS should hear from its audience that the show must go on with a new on-screen personality whose experience and demeanor match that of Bill Moyers.

The State of Arizona does not have strong enough laws to protect the children of Arizona when it comes to the issues of Adoption. I believe that there should be a requirement for pre- and post-adoption counseling for both the birth parents and the adopting family, financial counseling, a requirement that each party seek legal representation to discuss the ramifications of each document and decision, that an adopting party be required to proceed through an agency or CPS to complete a home study and report to the Court any home study that is incomplete or is not approved, regardless of the status of the adoption process, a time limitation for adoption to finalize and a time limitation for Consents. There are so many regulations that need to be revamped to ensure the safety of the children in this state, regardless of whether it is a direct/specific adoption. There are also laws that need to be made for specification on direct adoption processes. Please help by signing this Petition to tell the State of Arizona that it is time to PROTECT our children! Why am I so passionate?! See MY STORY on www.FightingForZoie.com

Great News! After more than 11,000 people signed petitions, thousands left comments on his website, and hundreds called — Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 844. Another big win for transparency this year! Authored by Senator Fran Pavley, SB 844 will make it easy to see online who's spending money for and against California propositions. It requires the Secretary of State to create an online page listing the total amount raised and the top ten funders for and against. Perhaps most importantly, the official ballot pamphlet will include a link to the page so it’s easy to find. Please sign the petition thanking Governor Brown and urging him to join the California Clean Money Campaign to pass the California DISCLOSE Act in 2015.