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Huge Majority of U.S. House Votes to Criminalize Protest Against any Visiting...

Is the Democratic Party the party of civil liberty? Not anymore. Not if you judge by congressional Democrats’ action this past week in overwhelmingly passing H.R. 347, a bill that makes it a federal...

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From Humor to Horror in Turkey: How Could They Beat Their Own People? (…)

This morning, as I looked to the popular headline service Twitter for accounts of secular protest across Turkey, what struck me first was the humor in a pair of photographs from Ankara and Adana: What...

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Republican Legislative Services Commission Clamps Down on First Amendment in...

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech…” — First Amendment to the United States Constitution...

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Ben Carson Wants Americans To Surrender Civilian Control Of The Military

Ben Carson is running for President, and seeking the help of voters, acting in our democratic system of government, as he does so. Yet, part of Ben Carson’s political platform is to place a huge...

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Southern Trio in Congress Wants to Let Churches Have it Both Ways: No Taxes,...

The way the law is set up in the United States right now is clear: Churches and other non-profit organizations have the right to campaign for particular political candidates if they choose.  They are...

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Walter Jones Favors Free Speech for Politicking Churches, Opposes Free Speech...

Yesterday, I noted that North Carolina Republican Representative Walter Jones had introduced legislation (H.R. 153) that would let churches start entering political campaigns without losing their...

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South Portland tells Students to Celebrate Freedom through Coercion and Silence

What did you learn in school today? Brad Rogers writes in the Bangor Daily News about a simple choice by high school seniors in South Portland.  The senior class President of South Portland high school...

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Tell Us Your Stories Of Suffering From The Speaking Of Non-English Languages

Yesterday, after declaring that “The United States’ culturally diverse population is what makes our nation great, and what helps us move forward together as a society is the ability to communicate to...

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Whoops, I Hit the Wrong Key and Posted 8 Cartoons of Mohammed

Whoops! Darn it, my mistake. Again? Why do I keep hitting the wrong key? I meant to post a funny picture of Garfield wearing a hipster sweater and making a remark about the size of the latest NASA...

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Rick Santorum’s Worry Record on Same-Sex Marriage

In 2015, Rick Santorum is running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. In 2006, Rick Santorum took to the floor of the Senate to argue for S.J. Res. 1, a proposed amendment...

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Wedding Cakes and Same-Sex Marriage: Does the Right to Not Be Upset Trump...

Yesterday, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries ruled that a bakery in Gresham, Oregon must pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple for refusing to make them a wedding cake.  You can read the ruling for...

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29 Members of Congress: Freedom for Paris, but Not for America

This month, the number of members of Congress supporting a constitutional amendment to ban the burning of American flags as an act of political protest rises to 29.  The following are sponsors or...

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Donald Trump Censorship and Ignorance Twofer: If Elected, He’ll Ask Bill...

A regular visitor to Irregular Times writes to us to protest the words we use to describe Republican Party presidential front-runner Donald Trump.  When I say Donald Trump is “pro-censorship,” Korky...

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Donald Trump Has Incited Violence. When Will He Be Arrested?

In the United States, we have freedom of speech. People can say what they want to say, and not be punished for what they say. However, in the United States, we also have laws against organizing...

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When Does Anti-Trump Equal Anti-Freedom?

I was disturbed to read in the news today that, yet again, an anti-Trump protester at a public forum featuring Donald Trump was viciously assaulted by a Trump supporter. But I was equally disturbed to...

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Pro-Freedom Republicans, How Can You Support Donald Trump’s Anti-Freedom...

Top-of-the-line confession: if you look closely, you can see that the Twitter post I’ve shared above is a fake created with the help of Trump Generator. Even so, its content is a fairly accurate...

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Republican Senators Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Establish A...

Yesterday, Steve Daines moved to take the United States one step closer to nationalist totalitarianism. Daines, a Republican U.S. Senator from Montana, introduced a resolution, S.J. Res 46, that would...

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