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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 |
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Sharyl Attkisson Calls Obama Administration ‘Worst Atmosphere’ for Journalists
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:53 AM :: 8395 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Obama
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Attkisson is an award-winning investigative reporter who earlier this year made headlines for resigning from CBS News....
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Friday, June 20, 2014 |
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Voter Registration Drive Set for Hawaii Catholic Churches June 21-22
By News Release @ 5:24 AM :: 8968 Views :: First Amendment, Office of Elections, Religion
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We ask all those who are not already registered to fill out a voter registration application, which will be made available to you at Mass the weekend of June 21/22....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Unanimously Protects Pro-Life Freedom of Speech
By News Release @ 4:22 PM :: 6128 Views :: First Amendment, Life, Politicians
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Meanwhile in Hawaii: Cayetano vs PRP: You're corrupt so you have no right to say I'm corrupt....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Vermont's GMO Labeling Law Challenged On Free Speech Grounds
By Robert Thomas @ 3:32 PM :: 5104 Views :: First Amendment, GMOs
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...on one hand, the labeling requirement compels speech, while on the other, the prohibition on calling it natural suppresses speech....
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
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Missing IRS emails outrage targeted Hawaii tea party leaders
By Malia Zimmerman @ 3:00 PM :: 7319 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Hawaii TEA party leaders are outraged over the news the IRS has lost emails of its former director, Lois Lerner, during a critical time when the agency admitted to targeting conservative groups....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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Civil Beat 'Tried to Throttle and Censor' Pritchett
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:14 PM :: 6150 Views :: First Amendment
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Civil Beat tried to throttle and censor the work of Pritchett who has penned many stinging independent political pieces....
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 |
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ACLU Rejects Amendment to Corral Campaign Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:34 PM :: 3884 Views :: First Amendment
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it would “...lead directly to government censorship of political speech...."
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Carroll Cox: Exposing the Dark Side of Paradise
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:39 PM :: 12044 Views :: DHHL, Environment, Ethics, First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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Cox tells how he has literally risked life and limb in the pursuit of the truth behind crime and cover-ups in Hawaii government....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Court Guts Atheist Lawsuit Against Oahu Churches
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 10890 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....
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Friday, May 23, 2014 |
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IRS Holds Off -- for Now -- on Rules to Restrict Political Groups
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:25 AM :: 7290 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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Yesterday, the IRS announced it would hold off until next year on new rules that would have restricted the activities of nonprofit groups....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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Free Ride for Legislators who Vote Against Religious Freedom?
By Selected News Articles @ 8:43 PM :: 7301 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians
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...Cabanilla – the only representative to leave the floor to avoid voting on same sex marriage – still has no real opposition....
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Thursday, May 22, 2014 |
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It's Time to End Public University Speech Zones
By Selected News Articles @ 11:04 AM :: 5696 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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Several recent news stories highlight the troubling irony of so-called free speech zones....
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
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Legislative Prayer, Tradition, and the Establishment Clause
By Robert Thomas @ 5:22 AM :: 6425 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...U.S. Supreme Court held that town council meetings could open with a prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause....
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Friday, May 16, 2014 |
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Squeezed by Lawsuit, UH Hilo adopts interim policy on speech and assembly
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 6986 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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The University of Hawai'i at Hilo is implementing an interim policy on speech and assembly while the university explores permanent changes to the policy....
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 |
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Ryan Anderson and Jim DeMint Promote Religious Liberty in Hawaii
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:28 PM :: 4757 Views :: First Amendment
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More than 100 Hawaii conservatives joined Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu....
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Oahu, Maui, Kona, Hilo: ‘Irreplaceable’ Returns May 15
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:41 PM :: 7960 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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What is family? What's happened? And what do we do about it?
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Saturday, May 10, 2014 |
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Settlement Brings Free Speech Victory for MAUIWatch
By News Release @ 6:36 PM :: 6024 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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The federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional interference with plaintiff Neldon Mamuad’s prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed settled on 5/8/14....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014 |
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Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint in Honolulu May 8
By News Release @ 3:39 PM :: 6577 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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"Liberty is At Stake in Debates on Marriage, Life and Faith: Why People of Faith and All Americans Cannot Be Silent"
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014 |
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Saiki to UH Hilo Chancellor: Uphold Students’ First Amendment Rights
By Pat Saiki @ 4:14 PM :: 6670 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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...students had been exiled to a “free speech zone” in a remote area of the campus....
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Monday, May 5, 2014 |
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US Supreme Court strongly affirms that Americans are free to pray
By News Release @ 1:57 PM :: 5898 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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“As a practice that has long endured, legislative prayer has become part of our heritage and tradition...That a prayer is given in the name of Jesus, Allah, or Jehovah, or that it makes passing references to religious doctrines, does not remove it from that tradition.” -- US Supreme Court
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Friday, April 25, 2014 |
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Lawsuit: Students Ordered to Stop Handing Out US Constitution at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 10678 Views :: First Amendment, Higher Education
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A student ordered by administrators to stop handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has filed a lawsuit today in federal court....
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 |
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Control of the Internet? Bill Clinton Is Concerned and You Should Be, Too
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:29 PM :: 3786 Views :: First Amendment
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What do Bill Clinton, The Washington Post, and The Heritage Foundation have in common?
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 |
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HB849 Will Compromise Civil Liberties
By News Release @ 11:03 PM :: 9666 Views :: First Amendment, Law Enforcement, Military, Second Amendment
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What will happen to our rights if a State of Emergency is declared?
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014 |
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Will IRS Targeting Send Someone to Jail?
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:57 AM :: 7739 Views :: First Amendment, Taxes, TEA Party
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...criminal activities, including “violating taxpayers’ constitutional rights,” “misleading investigators,” and “exposing private taxpayer information”....
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Monday, April 7, 2014 |
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Alliance Defending Freedom asks court to dismiss renewed attack on Hawaii churches
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 7320 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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...atheists are once again falsely accusing the two churches, One Love Ministries and Calvary Chapel Central Oahu, of defrauding the government even though the court dismissed their claims earlier this year....
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Friday, April 4, 2014 |
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This CEO Made a Political Donation, Then Lost His Job Because Liberals Didn't Like It
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:37 AM :: 6131 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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The chief executive of Mozilla resigned yesterday amid protests over his $1,000 donation in support of California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman....
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Thursday, April 3, 2014 |
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Q&A on Supreme Court's New Campaign Finance Decision
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:42 PM :: 4397 Views :: First Amendment
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The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it is unconstitutional to limit the total amount of money someone can give to political candidates....
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 |
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ACLU Sues, Claims Pre-K Program Not Secular Enough
By Selected News Articles @ 4:33 PM :: 7506 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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"It is not enough to allow students or their families to 'opt out' of portions
of the program which are religious in nature," the ACLU says....
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Friday, March 28, 2014 |
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Rules for Protests at Hawaii State Capitol Challenged as Unconstitutional in Federal Court
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 4806 Views :: First Amendment
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Public access to grounds and rotunda, noted in the run-up to 2011 APEC meeting, now an issue for upcoming ASEAN meeting, April 1-2.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014 |
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Pono Choices Task Force Stacked with ’Progressives’
By News Release @ 12:58 PM :: 7533 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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Working in secret and overflowing with liberals....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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Mainland Homosexuals Laugh at Hawaii Single-Issue Candidates
By Selected News Articles @ 1:51 PM :: 8410 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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If you're not ready to serve your constituents on a broad range of issues, you will lose. Your defeat will advance the gay agenda....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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VIDEO: Rand Paul Gets Rousing Welcome at UC Berkeley
By Video @ 2:43 AM :: 8698 Views :: National News, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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Sen. Paul spoke about his class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration and the National Security Agency....
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Saturday, March 22, 2014 |
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Video: Freedom and Film
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:52 AM :: 6463 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment
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interview with Chuck Boller, Director Emeritus of the Hawaii International Film Festival....
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014 |
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Lobbying? Average citizen should not have to consult lawyer to testify before Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:46 PM :: 4887 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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...the bill, as written, will have a chilling effect on citizen participation in government....
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014 |
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Abercrombie Administration Orchestrates Pre-K Rally
By News Release @ 4:38 AM :: 7194 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...Executive Office on Early Learning Director GG Weisenfeld was joined by state legislators, preschoolers, community groups and business representatives....
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Saturday, March 15, 2014 |
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ACLU Sues Maui County over Employee’s Website
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 8177 Views :: Maui County, First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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...based on the County’s efforts to restrict what Neldon Mamuad may say on his prominent “MAUIWatch” Facebook feed....
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014 |
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Principal: “Pono Choices will not return to Molokai Middle School”
By Selected News Articles @ 9:23 PM :: 8312 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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More than 120 Makua (parents), kapuna (grandparents) and aunties and uncles on the rural island of Molokai joined together at the Kalanianaole Hall to hear the truth about Pono Choices....
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Friday, February 28, 2014 |
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Questions You're Asking About Cakes, Gays, and Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:59 AM :: 5649 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...individuals have declined to bake cakes or take photos for same-sex wedding ceremonies—and government has punished them....
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Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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More questionable social engineering comes to Hawaii’s public schools
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 8:25 PM :: 7808 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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...like Pono Choices, there is a disproportionate focus on normalizing homosexuality....
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Monday, February 24, 2014 |
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Alec Baldwin Flees to Hawaii Seeking Transsexual Dry Cleaning?
By Selected News Articles @ 11:39 AM :: 5158 Views :: First Amendment
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"...I flew to Hawaii recently to shoot a film, fresh on the heels of being labeled a homophobic bigot by Andrew Sullivan, Anderson Cooper, and others in the Gay Department of Justice...."
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Friday, February 21, 2014 |
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No Surprise: DoE Includes Tranny on Pono Choices Review Panel
By News Release @ 8:26 PM :: 8932 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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The Hawaii State Department of Education (DOE) yesterday convened a working group to review Pono Choices....
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Saturday, February 15, 2014 |
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Comcast merger sparks calls for government intervention
By Selected News Articles @ 1:15 PM :: 4369 Views :: First Amendment
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Many consumers already resent Comcast for its poor customer service, as cataloged by the American Customer Satisfaction Index....
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Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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How They Voted: House Rejects Religious Freedom Restoration Act
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 4:15 PM :: 8144 Views :: First Amendment, Religion
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...18 voted to bring the bill to a floor vote and 28 voted to recommit the bill to the committee where it is dead for this session....
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Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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Statewide Meetings: Parents Protecting Their Children from Pono Choices
By News Release @ 3:16 PM :: 7556 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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Same sex marriage opens a Pandora Box of activist pressure on our schools....
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Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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Atheist Scores $200K from New Hope Lawsuit Settlement
By News Release @ 1:48 AM :: 9196 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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The settlement occurred with churches not represented by Alliance Defending Freedom....
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Friday, February 14, 2014 |
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Video: Legislators Debate Religious Freedom Restoration Act
By Video @ 12:44 AM :: 6140 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Rep. Bob McDermott, Richard Fale, Gene Ward, Jo Jordan and Marcus Oshiro address HB 1624....
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Sunday, February 9, 2014 |
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Defending Liberty: Grassroot Institute Interviews Ilya Shapiro
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:51 PM :: 5658 Views :: First Amendment, Judiciary
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Shapiro has closely examined the relationship between law and freedom....
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Friday, February 7, 2014 |
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HB1624: Religious Freedom Not a Priority for House Judiciary Committee
By Hawaii Family Advocates @ 8:48 PM :: 5220 Views :: First Amendment
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The Hawaii Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("Little RFRA") of 2014 would restrict government actions against people of faith by applying the "compelling interest" test....
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