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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear Snyder v. Phelps, a case dealing with anti-gay protests at the funerals of American soldiers, is stirring up debate over whether the privacy rights of grieving families trumps the free speech rights of demonstrators. Read more »

The best of the best from Dakota Voice last week, including: America’s best-kept secret of 2009: Michael Savage and His Ban from Britain; Is Sarah Palin as Dumb as Diane Feinstein?; American Colleges: The Liberal Factory; Birth of the Tea Party Movement; Crow Indian Tea Party holds first rally; Rain, Snow or Shine, Global Warming is Fine…For an Excuse; and more! Read more »

One of the biggest, most buried and under-reported stories of last year is the shocking move in early May by then-Home Secretary of Britain, Jaqui Smith, to announce the inexplicable inclusion of Savage’s name on a list of people who would be denied entry into the United Kingdom if they attempted to visit. What’s astonishing is that the list was made up of murdering Muslim terrorists, brutal nazi skinheads and Michael Savage, a law-abiding American citizen and prolific author, who has two masters degrees and a Ph.D. Read more »

The New York Times features a story on the remarks of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas concerning the recent SCOTUS decision restoring First Amendment rights to companies and groups. When you know the real history of who’s attacking freedom in America and why, you might be VERY surprised. Read more »

She thinks the government has no right to tell a woman whether she can have an abortion or not. But this pro-choice sports columnist also thinks that the group NOW is not right in trying to pull the pro-life Tim Tebow ad from airing during the Super Bowl. Read more »

Remember the “hate crimes” legislation the Democrat congress sneaked through cloaked in the defense bill last year? CNS News reports the Thomas More Law Center is challenging the Constitutionality of this unconstitutional legislation. Protecting immoral, dangerous behaviors from criticism, and quashing freedom of speech and freedom of religion under the auspices of protecting people is not the American way. Read more »

Though people complain that the upcoming Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad is divisive and controversial, the commercial is simply allowing a family to tell its personal story, contends a theologian. Dr. Darrell Bock, research professor of New Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, said there is a push back on the ability of someone to tell a personal story, or the right to free speech. Read more »

Reason.TV has a great video on the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision restoring (gasp) freedom of speech to private companies and private groups. See the hyperbolic hysteria of the “mainstream” media over this decision…and then see it for the utter hypocrisy it is. Read more »

It didn’t take long for the liberals to get bent out of shape over Justice Samuel Alito’s head-shake and mouthed, “Not true” in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union statement that allowing the First Amendment to work will “open the floodgates for special interests–”special interests” like the free-market companies that have been muzzled for years at the expense of the Constitution. Read more »

Insider Online has some great analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overdue overturn of campaign finance law that has been quashing free speech for years. This involves the double-standard against regular companies over media companies, and concerning the protest that “companies aren’t people” and thus don’t enjoy free speech rights. Read more »

We have some great news coming out of the U.S. Supreme Court today. In a stunning reversal of strangling campaign finance law, the Supreme Court has reversed part of McCain-Feingold (aka the Incumbent Protection Act) and some older law to allow corporations, unions and other groups to spend directly on election messages, and to do so in the closing days of an election. Read more »

Who is the worst person in the world? Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, has actually named me the “worst person in the world” for coming to the defense of political protesters who believed their First Amendment rights were being restricted. Read more »

From hoola-hoops to “Snuggies” many people have gotten rich on relatively silly, inconsequential ideas; and good for them. Only a couple of months ago Tony Walz awoke at 1:30 in the morning with a truly brilliant idea that will benefit all Americans. Frustrated with the difficulties in communicating with politicians, from locating contact information to dealing with subordinates to the trouble and expense of mailing letters, Tony thought there had to be a better way, and DearPolitician.org is it! Read more »

Liberals in congress are making the latest attempt to bring back the “Fairness Doctrine,” but this time under another name. This measure, HR 1966, would punish any electronic communication that someone says intimidates or causes emotional distress. It can be easily used to silence dissent on the homosexual agenda, or pretty much anything Leftists want to protect. Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Lawrence Jones
Christian Post Reporter
Tue, Feb. 17 2009 08:32 AM EST
The American Center for Law and Justice, a legal group which specializes in constitutional law, said Monday it is preparing a litigation strategy to combat the Fairness Doctrine should it return.
For months, Christian ministries and groups have been on guard [...] Read more »

 
by Carrie K. Hutchens
I was reading, “12-Year-Old Stuns Pro-Choice Teacher and School with Pro-Life Presentation” by Kathleen Gilbert (LifeSiteNews.com) and found myself admiring this young girl.  How impressive to see someone so young be so informed and determined.  How impressive to see someone so young refuse to back down.  Someone willing [...] Read more »

If you are alert to the dangers presented to the West from radical Islam, you might be aware of Dutch politician Geert Wilders and his film Fitna.  
You might also possibly be aware that last week the British government refused him entry at Heathrow Airport because his presence in the country might upset Muslims there.
From [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Lawrence Jones
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, Feb. 15 2009 08:50 AM EST
Two TV stations have pulled from their lineup a television special on the “homosexual agenda” that they deemed too “controversial.”
WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich., and WSYX-TV in Columbus, Ohio, both canceled the paid television program “Speechless…Silencing the Christians,” produced by [...] Read more »

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Thu, Feb. 12 2009 05:30 PM EST
Thousands of Christians media professionals came out of the National Religious Broadcasters Convention with a challenge to keep fighting the media battle or risk losing millions of souls.
And the battle is fierce more now than ever with Christian media ministries [...] Read more »

It’s sad what a pathetic pile of cowardice the once proud British nation has become.
Fox News reports that when Dutch parlaimentarian Geert Wilders arrived in the UK, the British Home Office turned him away for fear he might upset Muslims in Britain.
The letter the British government gave him says
your presense in the UK would pose a [...] Read more »

“If you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or family, there’s no guarantee that they’re going to invest that or invest it in America.” – Senator John Kerry on why he opposes tax cuts to stimulate the economy instead of pork (too much freedom for the American people) (Source: Weekly Standard)
“I [...] Read more »