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Native American Spirituality: Freedom Denied

Bet ya’ll didn’t know that Native Americans weren’t given the right to religious freedom until the year 1978. You heard that right. 19frakin78. This excerpt was taken from Blood Quantum: Native America’s Dirty Little Secret provided by the Manataka American Indian Council: “Freedom of expression is undeniably guaranteed both as a First Amendment issue and under specific federal statutes, regulationsContinue readingNative American Spirituality: Freedom Denied

Topeka, Kansas City Council Considers Decriminalizing Domestic Violence To Save Money

via ThinkProgress Want my opinion? They should consider fining people for non-violent crimes rather than incarcerate them. Decriminalizing domestic violence? I’m outraged! Over the last 20 years, 77% of the prison population were non-violent offenders with no history of violence, according to the United States Justice Department. One-third are first-time, non-violent offenders. If this doesn’t scream drug law reform, IContinue readingTopeka, Kansas City Council Considers Decriminalizing Domestic Violence To Save Money

Westboro to Picket Steve Jobs’ Funeral

http://rickyftw.tumblr.com/post/11089944115/westboro-is-going-to-picket-the-funeral-for-steve Westboro has announced that they will picket Steve Jobs’ funeral. I wish I could say I was surprised by this. I’m saddened that their insane view of the world will be forcefully imposed upon the grieving. They revel in the public’s disdain for them, so any attempt society makes to shame them into acting humanely is a lost cause.

Drug Wars: 35 bodies dumped from the back of trucks during rush hour

http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2011/09/21/drug-wars-mexico Barbaric. “A banner roughly reading “This will happen to all the Zeta shit that stay in Veracruz, the plaza has a new owner…G.N. (Gente Nueva). Here is el ferras and his royal court” was hung above the executed bodies of 23 males and 12 females that were dumped from the back of two flatbed pickup trucks yesterday during rushContinue readingDrug Wars: 35 bodies dumped from the back of trucks during rush hour

Punishing Grieving Mothers

http://ecosalon.com/legislating-misogyny-miscarriage-could-now-become-a-crime-really-004/ “Legislators have suggested that women carry abortion insurance in the event they might be raped and a Georgia bill proposes prosecution of women who can’t prove they didn’t intentionally cause a miscarriage. ” The policing of our reproductive systems HAS GOT TO END!

The Statue of Liberty is a “Demonic Idol”

via Daily Kos To paraphrase: John Benefiel claims that America is under a curse from God because we possess monuments to pagan idols. He also wants his followers to believe that Americans needs to renounce and destroy those demonic idols, one being the Statue of Liberty because it represents a “false goddess.” Transcript: “Libertas” is also called the “Freedom Goddess,”Continue readingThe Statue of Liberty is a “Demonic Idol”

Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-do-americans-still-dislike-atheists/2011/02/18/AFqgnwGF_story.html From the page: On basic questions of morality and human decency – issues such as governmental use of torture, the death penalty, punitive hitting of children, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, environmental degradation or human rights – the irreligious tend to be more ethical than their religious peers, particularly compared with those who describe themselves as very religious.

Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LayaGk0TMDc ‎”Just before 1914 the government said, ‘we have 1.3% of the people in this country addicted to drugs’… so they passed [the Harrison anti-drug act]. Fast forward 56 years to 1970… In 1970, the government said ‘1.3% of the population is addicted to drugs, can’t have it, got to start a war on drugs.’ 36 years later, and aContinue readingLaw Enforcement Against Prohibition

Kansas Doctor Will No Longer Plan Do Abortions Due To Potential Protesting

http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/kansas-doctor-will-no-longer-plan-do-abortions-due-to-potential-protesting/ I wish people would spend less time worrying about what other people do with their bodies and more time working on the REAL ISSUES this planet is facing. Let’s be realistic. We’ve overpopulated the earth. We’re running out of resources. Economic decline, people are out of work, losing their homes and assets. War, famine, oil spills, natural disasters, politicalContinue readingKansas Doctor Will No Longer Plan Do Abortions Due To Potential Protesting

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