This petition is to bring science and not religion into the Louisiana public school curriculum. Allowing arguments based on opinion and faith, and a basic disregard for acknowledged science harms our children's ability to compete in biology, medicine and genetics, when it comes to their future college studies and careers.

Nothing gets done in Congress because the elected body maintains support politcally to the money not the PEOPLE's welfare. Money=Power whereas moral values and truth = doing what is right for America.

On average, plastic bags are used for 12 minutes, yet they will stick around for thousands of years as trash, polluting our waterways and harming animals. You have a choice. Let's join together to stop this disposable consumer culture that is destroying our planet. It's time to bring your own bag, Saratoga.

Protect the 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965/64 The Coalition for A Better Macon Thomas E. Perez c/o Jennifer Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Our organization stands in opposition to the Georgia General Assembly passed SB 25, 26, 30 and 31, which effectively made all municipal elections in Macon-Bibb nonpartisan. This county is now facing a totally new form of government; whereas the Republican led legislature (Sponsored Legislation) - Rep. Allen Peake, Senator Cecil Staton, Rep. Nikki Randall, Rep. James Beverly, and former Senator Miriam Paris, under HB 1171 Consolidation and redistricting plan drawn by these individuals and approved by the State legislature shall discriminate and retrogressively impact against minorities as affirmed by the maps drawn – the Congressional, State House of Representatives, and the State Senate – are in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These legislators in a hurry rushed referendum to the voters for consolidation without informing the people what they were actually voting on and pushed through the Georgia General Assembly which effectively makes the majority (African American) voters in this county a minority. The Republican led legislators took districts with low voter turnout in Primary elections and specifically abridged voter turnout to effectively dilute African American voting strength whereas lower voter turnout among African American precincts is expected in a Primary July election with expected high voter turnout among whites in now predominately white precincts, based on data from the Municipal Elections 2011, Special Election and General Election 2012, which on paper shows a likely AA district. In reality this shall lead to a higher voter turnout among white voters in support of white candidates winning the seat once held by African American candidates. Furthermore, it is the expressed desire of the Republican led legislator to willfully and knowingly subvert the will of the people through this process, whereby we as a community want to elect candidate(s), we choose to represent our interest(s). As demonstrated by the Republican led legislature their express desire and now law forces those same constituents that make up this community to adhere to nonpartisan elections as a local voting law, which was not voted on by the people. Essentially, by will of the State and Republican led Legislature to subvert and abridgment of the people that choses to exercise one of the basic freedoms afforded to us by the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, and particularly Section 5, Voting Rights Act of 1965 whereby people of color, Negro, Black, and/or African American have the right to vote and be represented accordingly. This master-plan as represented by the aforementioned requires your immediate attention. Under Section 5 and as an Officer of the Court, elected by the people you have a duty and responsibility to act; Section 5 enforcement demands an immediate investigation…. 1. Consider whether a covered voting change has occurred; 2. If so, whether the requirements of Section 5 have been met, preclearance has been obtained; and 3. If not, what relief by the court is appropriate 4. Consider whether or not the State has violated Section 5, by not enforcing the 14th Amendment; The framers of Section 5, considered this to be a tool to enable “Congress, in case the States shall enact laws in conflict with the principles of the Amendment, to correct that legislation by a formal congressional enactment.” Lopez v. Monterey County, 519 U.S. 9, 23 (1996). The only court that can make the determination that change is not discriminatory is purpose or effect is the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Upon finding non-compliance with Section 5, the Local Federal Court shall consider an appropriate equitable remedy. The general objective of such remedies is to restore the situation that existed before the implementation of the change. Thus, the typical remedy includes issuance of an INJUNCTION against further use of the change. In certain circumstances, other remedies have included voiding illegally-conducted elections, enjoining upcoming elections unless and until the jurisdiction complies with Section 5, or ordering a special election; in some cases courts have also issued orders directing the jurisdiction to seek Section 5, review of the change from the Attorney General or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Respectfully, The Coalition for A Better Macon And Mr. Stanley Phillip Brown, Jr. (Citizen and African American Candidate for Office) Cc: Attorney General Eric Holder, United States Washington DC Michael J. Moore, US State of Georgia Attorney Representing Sam Olsen

Gov Cuomo's gun law is unlawful and unconstitutional.It affects noone but lawful responsible people.We must defend the constitution of this country.Would never had passed if it wasnt forced through.

The R-Word is a word used to belittle people but it is used on the backs of our friends that have little or now way of defending them selves.

The time has come to enact a socially responsible program to hold accountable those people we allow to use guns.

opular satirical newspaper The Onion, known for its humorous jabs at prominent figures, may have taken it a step too far with a vulgar tweet about 9-year-old Oscar nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis. Someone tweeted from the publication’s account during the Oscars: “Everyone seems afraid to say it, but that Quvenzhané Wallis is kind of a c**t right?”

President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was started to allow undocumented youth brought to this country as children (DREAMers) to come out of the shadows and apply for legal protection from unwarranted deportation (as well as state drivers' licenses). Unfortunately, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory is using this opportunity as a way to remind DREAMers that he thinks they are second-class Americans who should be publicly branded as such. Instead of giving approved applicants standard drivers' licenses, McCrory is instructing his state DMVs to issue special pink licenses with the phrase "NO LAWFUL STATUS" across the front. This type of discrimination hearkens to ugly separate-and-unequal days of North Carolina's past, and should have no place in the 21st century. Sign our petition to tell Governor McCrory to reverse his decision and stop discriminating against DREAMers in his state.

Do you value being treated like a patient with compassion and not just another "Dollar" sign and a Doctor that moves you thru like cattle? If so, please sign below to show your support for Doctor Gray and her professional and companionate team.

Unless we take immediate action, the major distributor of electricity and gas to the Mid-Hudson Valley will be taken over by Canadian holding company Fortis, Inc. CH Energy Group is the parent company of Central Hudson Gas and Electric, serving more than 375,000 customers. Residents will be at the mercy of a financial corporation with a disastrous environmental record. In Belize, Fortis built the Chalillo Dam, destroying precious habitat and raising costs to ratepayers. New York risks losing local jobs. In a similar case, when Iberdrola, SA, bought Rochester Gas & Electric in 2008, they cut the workforce by more than 200 people and replaced them with outside contractors. The proposed takeover does nothing to make Fortis improve the power grid, protect us from the effects of storms like Irene, Lee, and Sandy or better utilize clean energy sources. Fortis may be even able to override New York State regulations through the use of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. The so-called community benefits are minuscule compared to what the top executives at CH Energy will talk away with (reportedly $8.7 million for CH Energy Group CEO Steven Lant and $5.9 million for Executive Vice President James Laurito). "Fortis and Central Hudson shareholders are about to get away with stealing money from the ratepayers of this community," Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, D-Kingston said at the public hearing. We call on the New York State Public Service Commission to reject the acquisition of CH Energy Group by Fortis, Inc.

From 2002-2008, $1.3 billion of private investment was pumped into the RI economy while cities and towns were brought back to life and mills and factories were turned into vibrant living communities and commercial centers. 22,000 construction jobs and 6,000 permanent jobs were created. The time is NOW for the General Assembly to enact a new Historic Tax Credit bill. Please sign the petition and pass along to your colleagues and friends and help this petition go viral!