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Religious Liberty In America
Religious Liberty In Americaby Michael DoyleThe Woke agenda is practically gone.Now is the time to pick up and move beyond.The protection of faith is fundamental to liberty.It is also elemental to America’s history.As long as our day has length,Belief in … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Our Whole Constitutional Heritage Rebels At the Thought of Giving Government the Power To Control Men’s Minds
“If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Constitution Does Not Require Complete Separation of Church and State; It Affirmatively Mandates Accommodation
“The concept of a ‘wall’ of separation between church and state is a … figure of speech. … The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and … Continue reading
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The Chicago Seven and Liberty
The Chicago Seven and Libertyby Michael DoyleThe American soul was in desperate measurePoisoned and depleted of blood and lost treasureFor the sake of a war that people didn’t understandOur republic’s principles died for in a foreign landThe Vietnam draft and … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: A Bedrock Principle of the First Amendment Is that Government Cannot Prohibit the Free Expression of Ideas That May Be Offensive or Disagreeable
“If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.” – Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) … Continue reading
First Principles: To Abuse and Misuse Freedom of the Press, Cheapens Its Usefulness and Weakens Its Safety
“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse of Rights, Danger, False Accusations, First Amendment, Freedom, Libel, Misuse of Rights, Safey, Slander, The Press, Thomas Jefferson, Usefulness
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Thought For the Day: Attempted Censorship Often Honors the Superiority of An Idea
“The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.” – Joseph Sobran (1946-2010)
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Tagged Attempt, First Amendment, Honor, Humans, Ideas, Joseph Sobran, Silence, Superiority, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Liberty of the Press Does not Mean Liberty To Defame
“If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, … Continue reading
First Principles: The Right To Peacefully Dissent Is Fundamental To America
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like … Continue reading
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Tagged Dissent, First Amendment, First Principles, Free Speech, Government, Natural Law, Opinions, Resistance, Thomas Jefferson
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First Principles: The Establishment Clause Served to Prevent A National Church
“The real object of the Amendment was, not to countenance, much less advance Mahommedianism, or Judaism, or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but to exclude all rivalry among Christian sects, and to prevent any national ecclesiastical establishment, which should give to … Continue reading →