Degrees of freedom

Is religious tolerance truly an individual’s right to practice their own religion without government interference, or is it a band-aid to cover up what the founding fathers meant by whom this law actually included? The United States of America was founded by individuals running away from religious persecution and established by Christians alleging that they lived in a religiously tolerant nation. However, from an everyday standpoint, this accusation couldn’t be farther from the truth. Between…

conformed and never challenged the rules in our lives, there would be no room for variety. The Constitution of the United States tells us that we have individual freedoms. Freedom of religion is the very first one, which shows that we have the right to believe anything we want and encourages us to resist societal influences. With this freedom, we are able to have what makes America such a great country and it allows people to make their own decisions. There are many small groups of people that…

Students from Fruita Monument High School, to the University in California have been suggesting the idea of banning flags on campus for being “offensive to other students.”Although the word nationalism should be something the United States should be practicing, many high schools are protesting this idea since last summer of 2016. "They said we can't fly a Mexican flag, Confederate flag, American flag, any flag at all," said one of the senior protesters. "Whoever has a problem with our…

There are quite a few books that are well known for their stories or important information; however, many of them contain words that are to vulgar for most people. In 1960, 34 year old Harper Lee wrote the very well known book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. However, the book is filled with words which to present day are considered to be the worst you could ever title someone by. Books containing these crude words should not be removed from libraries, but have the few that they serve no purpose in be…

events in the States. Even today, the US governments still have a habit to defy the rights of people if there is no limitation on their powers. Some governments in the US have denied the right to peaceful assembly, and have put limitation on the freedom of speech. Some of them have violated people’s rights through search and seizure without reason, of their bodies, homes and properties, or perhaps detaining them even without a fair trial.…

from kids getting bullied at school To the citizens of the United States of America treating immigrants poorly it's just ridiculous the US is supposed to be a land of freedom of speech. Yes the United States has freedom of speech and everyone in the United States is free to speak their opinion but there should be limits to freedom of speech like in this sentence from Mi-Ai Parrish, The Arizona Republic and Republic Media “YOU'RE DEAD. WATCH YOUR BACK. WE WILL BURN YOU DOWN. YOU SHOULD BE PUT…

Free speech is defined by as “the right to articulate one's opinions and ideas without fear of government retaliation or censorship, or societal sanction.” In the article, the argument and divide of free speech is contained to Ivy League Schools and their experiences with free speech. What this article fails to do, is clarify the reader on what free speech is, or was meant to be, and how the student body can react to these instances of harassment and hate speech. Instead, it provides…

material disruption did occur as a result of the poetry slam. Tinker holds, speech, in which, “[A] material disruption of classwork, or a substantial disorder, or invasion of the rights of others is…not immunized by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech.” Tinker, 393 U.S. 503, 513 (1969). The students in Tinker, conducted a silent, and passive protest. Id. at 508. Conversely, Elizabeth handed her shirts out to other students, started waving them, and jumped on a picnic table.…

else was lost. But, today it seems like the pen has lost its might and has turned away from healthy arguments and open discussion and to a new reign of closed mindedness and a world where only one opinion exists. The liberals that once fought for freedom of speech, are now the ones fighting against it. This is seen now in the growing debate to allow government officials to…

America is great due to its' freedom but freedom is something that needs defended. Freedom needs defended because it is what defines our country and what has created us the way we are. Freedom is not something that is passed on from bloodline to bloodline but instead is something that is learned from our elders and shared as our culture. But what is freedom; freedom is "the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint." This allows us to practice any…