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Thursday, March 15, 2018 |
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Hawaii AG: Gay Weddings are Mandatory
By Selected News Articles @ 1:40 AM :: 4093 Views :: First Amendment
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...against a Minnesota couple who claim they should not be forced to make wedding videos for gay couples....
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Friday, March 9, 2018 |
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Janus: Abolishing mandatory fees could help unions
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:53 PM :: 5031 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Will Hawaii’s public unions lose power if their membership dues become voluntary under a pending Supreme Court ruling in the case known as Janus v. AFSCME?....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Schatz: Farrakhan Unacceptable in Progressive Coalition
By Selected News Articles @ 5:54 PM :: 7375 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Religion
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...“This is unacceptable in a progressive coalition or any political coalition. Antisemitism has no place in American society. We must reject this, left right and center,” Schatz wrote on Twitter....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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Hawaii Planned Parenthood Cuts Ties With Women’s March Co-Chair in Wake of Farrakhan Controversy
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 9813 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Life, Religion
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...Mallory received backlash for attending Farrakhan's annual Saviours' Day address, an event where the Nation of Islam leader attacked "that Satanic Jew," called Jews "the mother and father of apartheid," and proclaimed that "when you want something in this world, the Jew holds the door...."
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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CIA Warns of Extensive Chinese Operation to Infiltrate American Universities
By Selected News Articles @ 4:45 PM :: 6476 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education, Military
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...Chinese Communist 'Confucius Institute' a Threat to Academic Freedom at UH Manoa....
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Thursday, March 8, 2018 |
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VIDEO: What happens if Hawaii becomes a Right-to-Work State Tomorrow?
By News Release @ 3:10 PM :: 8174 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...Panelists included: Tony Gill, partner at Gill Zukeran & Sgan Robert Alt, president of the Buckeye Institute....
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Monday, February 26, 2018 |
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Supreme Court Justices Excoriate Union Lawyers Defending Forced Dues
By Selected News Articles @ 1:36 PM :: 5811 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...The immense political influence of public sector unions appeared imperiled Monday, as several justices of the U.S. Supreme Court grilled labor lawyers over the constitutionality of mandatory union dues....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Trump v Hawaii: More Challengers Seek to Join Case
By Selected News Articles @ 2:56 PM :: 6026 Views :: National News, First Amendment
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...Supreme Court to hear Trump v Hawaii April 25, 2018....
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Saturday, February 24, 2018 |
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Vacation Rental Home Is "Public Accommodation" -- Lesbians are Mandatory
By Robert Thomas @ 3:15 AM :: 7391 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business, Tourism
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...the court held they could be held liable, even though it is their home, first concluding that renting out a room in your home qualifies as offering a public accommodation, even though it is your residence....
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Friday, February 23, 2018 |
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Pandering to Dem Base with Fake Issue: Hawaii Sues FCC over Net Neutrality
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 5665 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...politicians striking a fashionable pose against corporations and business, fearmongering by special interest groups with an agenda....
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Monday, February 19, 2018 |
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Experts: Universities Need to be Transparent About Money Received from Confucius Institutes
By Selected News Articles @ 3:56 PM :: 6117 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Mounting concerns Confucius Institutes limit discussion on issues sensitive to Chinese government....
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Saturday, February 17, 2018 |
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Just Be Quiet
By Joni Kamiya @ 12:07 AM :: 6310 Views :: First Amendment, GMOs
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...When the anti-GMO activists started up on the social media back in 2013, something in me drove me into action....
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Monday, February 12, 2018 |
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Report: Delays at OIP Are Staggering
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 5979 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...in recent years, OIP’s average time for review quadrupled, it is deciding fewer matters per year on average, and its backlog is trending upward despite a downward trend in new filings....
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Friday, February 9, 2018 |
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‘Net neutrality’ could keep Hawaii in slow lane
By Joe Kent @ 2:19 AM :: 6613 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Small Business
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... Ige this week signed an executive order that most likely will discourage competition and innovation among internet service providers ....
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Sunday, February 4, 2018 |
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After Winning Suit Against IRS, Maui TEA Party Dissolves
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 5492 Views :: First Amendment, TEA Party
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...The IRS intimidation definitely had a negative effect on our local group, squelching participation....
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Friday, February 2, 2018 |
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Janus?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:17 PM :: 5378 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...a decision by the court’s nine justices that state employees can't be required to pay union dues could lead to some interesting outcomes in Hawaii....
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Monday, January 29, 2018 |
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Olelo TV Moving to Siberia?
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 5558 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...Spectrum is channel slamming ‘Ōlelo – displacing channels 49, 53, 54, and 55, including Video On Demand channels 50 and 52....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 |
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Another Lawsuit: Chin Jumps on Net Neutrality Bandwagon
By News Release @ 4:06 AM :: 6028 Views :: First Amendment, Politicians, Small Business
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...Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin joined 22 state attorneys general today in filing a multistate lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission’s 'illegal'rollback of net neutrality....
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Friday, January 5, 2018 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Hires Russian Agent to Keep Hawaii Media in Check
By Andrew Walden @ 6:55 PM :: 61668 Views :: First Amendment, Tulsi Gabbard
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...Gabbard’s consultant, Chris Cooper, is allegedly one of seven identified as being at the center of illegal Russian lobbying efforts reaching into the Trump campaign and Congress....
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Friday, December 22, 2017 |
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Hawaii 2018 Summer Journalism Internships
By News Release @ 2:04 PM :: 4739 Views :: First Amendment
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...Full-time internships (10 weeks at 40 hours/week) with a $4,040 pay....
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Friday, December 22, 2017 |
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Should the government be your Santa?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:24 PM :: 4574 Views :: First Amendment
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...Santa is an enthusiastic devotee of the surveillance state....
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Saturday, December 9, 2017 |
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Hula Halau to be banned from Yale?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:22 PM :: 6338 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...Native American student group accuses Polynesian dance group of ‘appropriating Hawaiian and Tahitian culture’....
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Friday, November 24, 2017 |
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Oahu Workshops: Learn to Raise Your Voice at the State Capitol
By News Release @ 12:49 AM :: 5180 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government
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...the Legislature's Public Access Room (PAR) is offering "Your Voice," a free, one-hour workshop at several locations on Oahu....
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Sunday, November 19, 2017 |
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017 |
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US Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on law that forces pro-life centers to promote abortion
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 5253 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on a California law that forces pro-life pregnancy care centers to provide free advertising for the abortion industry....
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Friday, November 10, 2017 |
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Civil Beat: Banks and Developers ‘help to fund a lot of stories’
By Selected News Articles @ 2:25 PM :: 7397 Views :: Ethics, Development, First Amendment
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...“We got a few hundred subscribers, but nothing really earth shattering,” Epler says...Civil Beat has an annual budget of roughly $3 million and a staff of about 22 to 24 people....
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
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Monday, October 30, 2017 |
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AG Chin: Constitution Dictates Mandatory Gay Cakes
By News Release @ 5:02 PM :: 5440 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...The brief was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission....
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Friday, October 13, 2017 |
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Workers Protest as Star-Adv lays off 25% of Newsroom
By News Release @ 4:29 AM :: 6594 Views :: First Amendment, Labor
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...publisher Dennis Francis of OPI, owned by Canada-based Black Press Ltd., is insisting on slashing wages and benefits for the remaining journalists....
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Saturday, October 7, 2017 |
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Promise Kept: Trump Administration Protects Americans’ Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:13 PM :: 6112 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...The Obama administration winnowed the definition of religious freedom down to the narrow idea of “freedom of worship.” This was rebutted in the first line of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ memorandum....
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Saturday, September 30, 2017 |
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Will Courts Defend Free Speech -- Or Forced Speech To Promote A Political Agenda?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:01 AM :: 6970 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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Hawaii has enacted such a law and it is under challenge in federal district court. ...
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Monday, September 25, 2017 |
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Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Go to Court Over Law Requiring They Promote Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 5:00 AM :: 6059 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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“This is an important case because Hawaii goes even further than California did, and they are clearly singling out pregnancy centers....”
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 |
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Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Ask Court to Stop Law Forcing Them to Promote Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 5:55 PM :: 5426 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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“No one should be forced to provide free advertising for the abortion industry"
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Monday, September 18, 2017 |
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Ige Sends out Secret Memo on Information Practices
By Andrew Walden @ 10:42 PM :: 5748 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...Ironically, the Memo itself was not posted on the Governor’s news feed nor is it linked by any Hawaii.gov website....
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Risks Loss of Federal Funds to Force Abortion on Churches
By Selected News Articles @ 6:10 PM :: 27622 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life
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...federal law does not allow states that receive federal funding to force pro-life healthcare professionals to act against their conscience or religious beliefs....
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Saturday, September 9, 2017 |
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Hirono Spews Anti-Catholic Bigotry in Senate Hearing
By Selected News Articles @ 4:51 PM :: 6961 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...“Are you or have you ever been …. ”
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Monday, August 21, 2017 |
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UH Selected to Host ‘Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:46 PM :: 5584 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...the center's "planning committee will work to develop practice spaces focused on creating new narratives and new relationships while naming and honoring the ongoing pain and trauma wrought by belief in racial hierarchy, structural racism, and white privilege."....
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Sunday, August 20, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum: Talk to Your Kids About Racism
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 1:45 AM :: 8066 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment, Life
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...The recent images from Charlottesville, VA-marches by torchlight, Nazi salutes, armed militia, angry mobs engaged in violent confrontation-are scary for adults to encounter, let alone children....
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Thursday, August 17, 2017 |
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Honolulu City Lights application deadline Sept 1
By News Release @ 8:27 PM :: 5633 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...Non-profit organizations wanting to create a display on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Center grounds during the annual Honolulu City Lights exhibition must apply by September 1, 2017....
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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Corporations Becoming New Arbiters Of Public Morality
By Selected News Articles @ 10:01 PM :: 4039 Views :: First Amendment
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....in this chess game, those in Charlottesville are just pawns....
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Sunday, July 30, 2017 |
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Hint to Hawaii: Court halts Illinois mandate to promote abortion
By News Release @ 9:11 PM :: 5481 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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...Injunction suspends enforcement of law which ‘targets free speech rights’....
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Thursday, July 13, 2017 |
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Mandatory Abortion: As Predicted SB501 Leads to Lawsuit
By Selected News Articles @ 5:25 AM :: 6146 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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...Faith-based pregnancy centers file suit against Hawaii law, say it forces abortion promotion....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017 |
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Hawaii Will Force Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers to Advertise Free Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 6:57 PM :: 5354 Views :: First Amendment, Life
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All five of Hawaii’s pro-life pregnancy centers will be forced to choose between advertising free abortions and defying the state’s demands starting Wednesday July 12, 2017....
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 |
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Tiki bar owner bows to ‘cultural appropriation’ outcry: ‘I am so very sorry’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:41 PM :: 6567 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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“Pretty soon we will be requiring ‘cultural appropriation’ training before anyone is allowed to open a business in this town.”
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017 |
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Wikileaks: Omidyar Website Gave up Leaker to NSA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:56 PM :: 8046 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment, Military, Pierre Omidyar
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Civil Beat June 5, 2016: "Not all anonymous sources are created equal. Some do benefit you, and those should be protected...."
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Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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Hawaii Family Forum Week in Review
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 4:39 AM :: 11298 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Life, Military, Religion
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...Honor and Respect: We Will Remember....
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Friday, May 19, 2017 |
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Lawsuit against Hawaii Churches Hurts the Surrounding Community
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 6564 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment
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...atheists Mitchell Kahle and Holly Huber sued the churches under Hawaii’s False Claims Act....
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Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
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FCC Takes Step Towards Freeing the Internet
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:08 PM :: 5183 Views :: First Amendment, Small Business
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...preventing “1930s-era regulations on internet providers.”....
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Thursday, May 18, 2017 |
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UH Manoa Prof Demands Colleges ‘Stop Hiring White Men’--Unless They're Trannies
By Selected News Articles @ 6:25 AM :: 7160 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...“The terrible people are coming out of the woodwork to tell me how awful (‘racist’ and ‘sexist’) I am for writing this post,” she laments....
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