first amendment

The following is an essay I wrote for my school's magazine, C-Town and which was published on the First Amendment Center's website as a guest editorial.  Read More »

I agree that there should be respect in this world for varying viewpoints and lifestyles. Unfortunately, the vast majority of wars have come due to religious reasons or radical doctrine that truly resembles religious blind faith. Additionally, I believe that all too often people get an easy pass for what they say and do because they can fall back on "religious respect."  Read More »

DISCLAIMER: Pursuant to this country's right to free speech, I can and WILL post this blog which contains my opinion. I welcome comments, both for and against, what I believe in. I would say that if you plan on using my blog to post comments promoting hatred and discrimination, I would advise against it.  Read More »

In a word of politically correct speech I feel that our freedom of the first amendment has truly been squelched. In saying this, however, I think there are words that should not be misused. The following list is clearly not comprehensive. It merely lists a few words that I personally find offensive when taken out of context.  Read More »

Reckless dieting is unhealthy, as well as dangerous. Health is best maintained by eating well, exercising often, and avoiding crash diets such as starvation rations or elimination of entire food groups. The same applies to free speech. We are constitutionally guaranteed the right to free speech; but what exactly are the guidelines for that speech?  Read More »

This is my understanding of the gay marriage debate. Homosexuals feel that they should be entitled to have some form of civil union, because as American citizens the government has a responsibility to protect them in there relationship (for instance, so one partner can’t suddenly leave and take everything with no legal intervention).  Read More »

We as Americans (sorry if you’re not in the US but maybe this will give you some insight to our culture) are promised freedom of speech untouched by the government and uncensored. Yet is that what was truly meant? Did our Forefathers want true freedom of speech or merely freedom of speech as long as society found it acceptable?  Read More »

So, do you have a right to wear saggy pants? Or do cities have the power to say that you can’t? In cities across America, bans on sagging pants that reveal underwear or skin have provoked firestorms of Constitutional controversy. Those who oppose these bans claim that they violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.  Read More »