Freedom of Speech is one of America's greatest rights. Sadly it is a very rare freedom. Many countries - even countries you'd expect to be freedom-lovers say no to free speech. Oh you have the right to say nice sweet things, but you can't say anything mean or negative, anything that might hurt a group's feelings.

wasn't going to post this, but it fit in with the salon owner article picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

The U.S. Supreme Court was asked to consider whether a fifth-grade student's religious expression on a classroom project can be considered "offensive" and subject to censorship by school officials. picked by suebe 3 months ago

"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights ..." picked by gammerus 3 weeks ago

Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. picked by punthe 3 months ago

It has long been assumed that Albert Einstein weighted science and religion equally, but a letter written by him in 1954 may well revise that. Describing god as the expression and product of human weakness and the bible as a collection of primitive legends does not sit well with the previously held assumption that he weighted science and religious belief in equal regard. An abridged version of ... read full post picked by pocksucket 6 months ago