First Amendment Freaks

Separation of Church and State - A new Vox group invite.

2008-05-18T03:43:06Z

You are invited to join a new Vox group: Separation of Church and State A group devoted to safe guarding the continued Separation of Church and State, protecting religious diversity and the right to believe or not to believe. Fighting t...

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It is time to unite and take on the Religious Right!

2008-05-16T08:43:46Z

Many of us who do not belong to a religion or do not believe in God are very worried about some of the events which are being played out each day by some people in the religious world. Some of the things occurring are minor things which we can ...

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A librarian to remember

2008-01-30T22:06:29Z

One of the questions I most enjoyed answering in my history of free speech was, "Since when did librarians become champions of free speech?" There was a time in this country when the leaders of the book community believed it was their job to hel...

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Face of evil

2007-12-11T16:39:51Z

I thought you might like to see the face of the Westhampton Beach, N.Y., bookseller who defended the use of "salacious" books at the local high school. Terry Lucas is the woman in white. This picture was taken last weekend during the Christmas on...

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Only the battle, not the war

2007-12-10T23:04:58Z

We lost a battle last week. Approximately 75 parents of students at the Westhampton Beach High School on Long Island, New York, had complained to the school board about the inclusion of two books on a list of 300 titles that students can select f...

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independence of intelligence

2007-12-06T18:59:39Z

My own earlier post (is there a right to intelligence?) is the context for my reading of recent news that a national intelligence estimate was released recently which contradicts the warmongering Bush rhetoric about Iran. I was forced to ask myse...

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What is public right to info?

2007-11-28T17:59:26Z

Under the first amendment, protecting free speech, there is an implied protection of information flow. Keeping information (generated in the public community) away from people is a kind of violation of free speech. Censorship is an example. That...

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Pat Conroy blasts West Virginia censors

2007-11-05T17:42:59Z

Author Pat Conroy has sent a scathing response to censors in Charleston, West Virginia, who are trying to ban his novels, The Prince of Tides and Beach Music. His letter to the editor appeared in the Charleston Gazette on October 24. The books ...

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Opening Outrage

2007-10-27T23:53:33Z

I have just created a new Vox group for First Amendment freaks like me. First Amendment freaks recognize that the fight for free speech is a daily struggle. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no l...

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