One of the chief arguments used as an argument against legalizing same sex marriage is that there exists a certain "sanctity" that will be lessened by recognizing same sex marriages as legally binding. I propose that all language used in the public forum regarding the union of two people in the eyes of the state should be called civil unions. This would mean that the term marriage is reserved solely for use by individuals and churches. This would mean that marriage licenses in all states would be civil union licenses and would make no reference to the gender of either member of the union.

With 6 members of the Walton (Walmart) family owning more wealth than the combined wealth of the bottom 30% of the American Population (6>100,000,000), the time has come to tax wealth, not income.

Congressmen and women should: - have to buy Health Insurance on open market just like us - have to have their own 401K's just like us - have to disclose share dealings to IRS just like us - have to ask the voter if they can increase salaries just like us asking the boss - have to pay for cafeteria and gym services just like us

The destruction of our democracy can only be stopped if the majority of us make it clear that we demand a constitutional amendment prohibiting any person or entity from donating ANY money to a candidate's campaign (and that includes a millionaire candidate buying his own election). The recent Supreme Court decision (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) has now made corporations “persons” entitled to use their vast amounts of money to influence legislation that serves their needs and not necessarily those of the public. The 99% need to have a greater voice in what our elected officials are legislating and not the 1% who hold the majority of the wealth in this country. Simply passing a law, i.e. the McCain–Feingold Act, has shown that this is clearly not enough when the main provisions of the law can be eviscerated by a Court ruling. We must demand a Constitutional Amendment.

In resent days we have heard that the University of Utah is thinking about changing our name and taking the "Utes" out of our name. We need to show our support and petition that the name stays the same!

That is the premise of this movement which seeks to take 1% of the budgets of various departments to support projects and initiatives targeting areas of society which are lacking including education, high education, social services, mental health, homelessness, etc. The targeted departments should be those which are highly funded and yet can survive with a minimal cut of no more than 1%. These departments should be so funded that %1 or a penny on the dollar shouldn’t cripple or adversely affect them (i.e. defense, foreign aid, entitlements, drug enforcement, etc).

Do you want to give up your freedoms of speech, assembly and more? If not, sign this petition requesting President Obama and Congress review and amend the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, signed by the President Dec. 31, 2011.

Americans should support this Constitutional Amendment. Please go to http://www.politicususa.com/en/bernie-sanders-citizens-united to learn more.

There are too many issues affecting the lives of the American People to continue with our "patch-up" politics. We don't just need new laws, new debates, and new conversations; we need to rebuild from the core out. Franklin D. Roosevelt, a true American hero and one of the greatest United States Presidents in our great nation's history saw the state of the Union for what it truly is: under attack. He had the foresight and the courage to do what politicians today don't dare to do: he dismissed big business and big money and acted in the best interest of the nation's people to devise a second Bill of Rights to protect our economic rights from becoming corporate property. Now, when we and most of the rest of the world are facing the fight of our lives, the fight for liberty and justice within a global economy, we are more in need of the ratification of President Roosevelt's wisdom than ever.

This Petition is to restore the right of federal review which Congress stole from the American People by way of the Supreme Court Case Selection Act of 1988. In this legislation, Congress amended 28 USC 1257(a) and took the "right of appeal" to the U.S. Supreme Court to compel review from the highest decision of a State Court which infringed upon rights, privileges and immunity protected by the Constitution and Laws of the United States.

Unfair Insurance Practices (rating clients based on credit scores). Because consumers have no real voice. Left at the mercy of rabid insurance opportunists - we are victimized for declining net worth at a time when we can least afford it. It impacts you everyday - in the bottom line costs for goods, services...

75% of politicians in Washington DC and in many of the states are protected from being defeated fairly in elections due to the (criminal in my view) practice of Gerrymandering. Some are so ludicrous they defy all sense of logic to the electorate. This needs to stop, even if it takes a change or two on the Supreme Court.