Wa. state does not have Grandparents Rights currently. Grandparents should have rights to visitation of their grandchildren in general unless they have records of abuse or neglect themselves. Grandparents should be able to support their vulnerable grandchildren especially in cases when CPS has removed the kids from their parents. CPS says the children have rights to see their family and friends but they don't honor it if the parent doesn't approve visitation. They should place the kids with family and allow all family members interested in helping them be there to support them. The children's civil rights need to be first and foremost in CPS placement and visitiation of children. Restore Grandparents rights to nurture our children nationally and statewide wide. Precious little money is being wasted paying for foster care when families are blocked by Child Protective Services. They also pay for unnecessary childcare when family can help.

Mortgage lending is very bias towards the bank. You can pay on your home for years, fall on hard times and the bank has the right to foreclose and homeowners lose everything.

The news reporters and papers make it sound like a great thing. But what people don't realize is that Right to work means the right to work for less. The unions actually hold the prevailing wages where they are for everyone. It will be a trickle down effect. Everyone will be affected by this. If everyone's wages go down people will be spending less money else where. This issue doesn't only affect union workers it affects everyone. Please vote no on the Right to Work amendment this coming November!!!

In one of Gwinnett's most populous, yet recreationally under-served census tracts, 130 acres of green space, known as "The Range" is up for sale by Cisco Corporation. Cisco is known for its past community-minded green initiatives. We need to push our county commissioners into successfully negotiating a land acquisition deal, using available 2009 SPLOST funds, that will preserve all this undeveloped land for much needed soccer fields, a dog walking park, and even an aquatic center in future years. Cisco plans to close on any shareholders-appealing deal by the end of April 2012. Although there is nothing yet under contract, the 130-acres property was "shown" twice in the last few weeks. Due to a gag rule imposed upon all parties to this pending sale, we just don't know if Gwinnett County was either or both those prospective buyers. Once the land falls under contract with a developer, it's too late to do anything about it. So, time is fast running out!

In the state of Missouri, gays and lesbians are not allowed the right to enter into a civil union. This affects issues such as family healthcare, parental rights, and end of life concerns. It is 2012. Our society needs to move forward and allow these couples the same rights as everyone else. More and more gays and lesbians are coming out, raising families, and integrating into our social structure. It is time to put an end to bigotry. At one point in history it was illegal for interracial couples to marry. This is no different. Put an end to it. Vote to legalize gay civil unions. Give them the same civil rights. They are a part of our culture.

Abortion is personal. The state legislature should not be working on personal matters.

Despite bipartisan opposition, supporters of the irresponsible "Right to Work" Constitutional Amendment are trying to move the bill forward in the Minnesota Senate. They know that Minnesotans oppose this unsafe, unfair and unnecessary law, and have resorted to desperate gimmicks to try to pass it. This bill is not what its supporters say it is. Plain and simple, this isn't a right to work; it's the right to hurt workers, our economy, and the middle class.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/iowa-school-hires-hate-group-to-preach-against-abortion-and-gay-marriage/discrimination/2012/03/11/36169 Hate groups like these are finding their ways into schools. Please stop these narrow-minded people from polluting your kids' live under the pretext of religion!

In February 2012, the U.S.P.S. announced the closing of the mail processing facility on Nandino Blvd. in Lexington, KY, thereby rerouting mail processing to Louisville, KY and Knoxville, TN. This will be devastating to the area for several reasons. It will impact several hundred employees and there families, who may have to relocate to different areas, it will impact the delivery of important mail such as prescription medication and bill payments being delayed, and local businesses where these employees and there families frequent. This will be devastating to the economy in Lexington.

The number of direct and indirect civilian casualties in Afghanistan resulting from U. S.-led military actions is estimated to be anywhere from 9,415 to 29,007. The latest is the murder of 16 civilians, among them 9 children, by a U. S. Army Staff Sgt. in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 11, a soldier who had already served 3 tours of duty in Iraq. Our massive deployment of over 109,000 soldiers in Afghanistan is a strategically flawed and misdirected effort which has bankrupted our country and killed and maimed our young soldiers under ill-defined "national security" sloganeering.

Keeping pets out of shelters nationwide, and maybe even world-wide, and preventing millions of lost pets from becoming eternally lost can be as simple as having cooperation. Maybe most of the "strays" will go back to their home no one knew they had instead of being re-"adopted" or euthanized. And I have an idea.

The Arkansas Medical Board is attacking Doctors for Doing There Job and Treating People with Pain. The doctors are emergency suspended if they refuse to abandoned treatment of chronic pain patients. The patients are left with no medical care in life threatening situations by the medical board actions and no options to continue treatment with the few doctors left having long waiting lists and no medical records or referral after their longtime general practice doctor has been attacked and shut down. Chronic Pain is a disease and the Rights of these Patients need to be Protected as the rights of every citizens to be treated for pain as determined by medical doctors not the DEA and government entities. The government needs to acknowledge the epidemic that has been created by the war on doctors and enact emergency protection for the patients and doctors until an independent review can be conducted and a system to protect patients with chronic pain from being denied life saving treatment. If medical records support the need for narcotic pain medication, doctors should be not only allowed but required to provide it without fear of prosecution.