Opinion Forum

Merry Christmas!

December 24th, 2012

By Dan Miller Every Christmas season some demand that it not be celebrated publicly because they find it offensive. Others find their demands offensive, but there is no significant effort to make them refrain from public comment. Nor should there be. If sincere, however, they should at least consider taking their own advice. Here is […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: First Amendment, free speech, Islam, Merry Christmas, religion, tolerance
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First Amendment Rights of Individuals Are Equal to those of Traditional Media

August 27th, 2011

By Dan Miller In Glik v. City of Boston, et al, a Mr. Glik had used his cellular phone to video and audio tape a police encounter with a man on the Boston Common. He was arrested for doing so but charges were thereafter dropped. He then filed suit in Federal District Court alleging violation […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: arrest, Boston, filming, First Amendment, Glik, police, press, video
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Freedom and Religion

December 27th, 2009

By Tom Carter According to a report by WBBM, the Chicago CBS affiliate, a kerfuffle over religion erupted a few days ago in the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield. Seems there were a variety of religion-related displays in the capitol. They included a nativity scene, a Christmas tree, a Soldiers’ Angels wreath, a tabletop display from the ACLU […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: establishment clause, First Amendment, freedom of speech, religion
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When News Isn’t

October 19th, 2009

I suppose that by now everyone is aware that a state of war exists between Fox News and the President. It’s common knowledge that Fox refused to “roll over” like the rest of the media and has been a source of much anti-administration reporting. The White House even went so far as to circulate a rumor […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: First Amendment, Fox News, Obama, Rahm Emanuel
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God and Kentucky’s Security

August 29th, 2009

Personally I believe that in most cases, atheists misuse the key phrase in the First Ammendment to the Constitution that calls for what most people refer to as the separation of church and state, (“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”) — but in this case, it appears to me that they were exactly right.

Articles written by Harvey Grund
Tags: First Amendment, homeland security, Kentucky, religion
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