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Freedom of Religion grants individuals throughout the United States the right to express their affiliation with the religion they choose. This rights allows society to express their beliefs, values, preaching, practice and worship toward the region they wish.

In the following CNN article, a Maine town manager known as Tom Kawczynski,  was fired after claiming that races should be segregated and should be "nothing of this community". He was dismissed after encountering and bashing the Islamic community for their religious beliefs, values and traditions. Individuals in the united States have the right to religious freedom and anyone who says otherwise should take Kawczynski as an example of possible consequences.

#nohate #FOR_union #Preach

Criss, Doug. “A Maine Town Manager Who Called for Races to Separate Has Been Fired.” CNN, Cable News Network, 24 Jan. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/maine-town-manager-trnd/index.html

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Town officials in Jackman, Maine, terminated Tom Kawczynski's employment at a meeting Tuesday, CNN affiliate WABI reports.

Kawczynski runs a website for an organization called New Albion, which says it seeks to promote "traditional Western values emphasizing the positive aspects of our European heritage and uniquely American identity."

But Kawczynski was accused of promoting racism after posts surfaced in which he reportedly said that people of different races should voluntarily separate from each other. He also said Islam was a danger to the West. The original post was removed, but he addressed the controversy in later posts on the website.

CNN reached out to Kawczynski for comment. He said in an email that he was only interested in commenting in a live television interview.

After the meeting in which he was fired, Kawczynski said he has a right to free speech.

"With respect to the New Albion movement, which it is my honor to lead, I would say that we are a cultural movement. We are open to all ethnicities, all races and I reject categorically the suggestion that I am a racist," he said, according to WABI. "No citizen, without regard to what their office is, should have to give up their right of free expression or their freedom of assembly."

'Nothing of this community'

Kawczynski's beliefs and ideas don't represent the community's, a Jackman resident told WABI.

"His views were of nothing of this community," said Meg Welch, who manages a couple of hotels in town. "If he thought he was going to come here and change all that with his New Albion religion, culture or whatever it is, it's not going to happen."

In a new post on his website, Kawczynski said he was probably leaving town, and that he was going to fight for white civil rights.

Officials in Jackman -- a small community in northern Maine of just under 1,000 people located near the Canadian border -- say, as far as they're concerned, this matter is over.

"The Board and Mr. Kawcyznski have agreed on the details of ending their agreement," the town said in a statement. "The Select Board intends to move forward to do what is necessary to sustain a vibrant community such as Jackman."

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Town officials in Jackman, Maine, terminated Tom Kawczynski's employment at a meeting Tuesday, CNN affiliate WABI reports. Kawczynski runs a website for an organization called New Albion, which says it seeks to promote "traditional Western values emphasizing the positive aspects of our European heritage and uniquely American identity."

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Freedom of Speech grants individuals the right to express their ideas, beliefs, values and opinions without censorship or restraint.

In the following New York Times article, tens of thousands of individuals who were pro-life united as a unifying force to exemplifies solidarity for the unborn and protest against the Roe. vs. Wade court case. In this march individuals express their opinions on the topic of abortion without restraint or censorship of their values.

#express #uncensored #no-restraints.

Lewis, Andrew R. “How the Pro-Life Movement Has Promoted Liberal Values.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/opinion/abortion-roe-wade-liberals.html

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Following Roe, many evangelical Christians were slow to join the anti-abortion movement, and when their pace increased at the end of the 1970s, their public arguments against abortion focused more on the immorality of abortion than the right-to-life of the unborn. If one leader epitomizes this approach, it was Jerry Falwell, leader of the Moral Majority. Yet by the early 1990s, the right-to-life public argument would prevail, as evangelical advocates would emphasize, and the evangelical base would accept, the rights-of-the-unborn justification over the immorality of obtaining an abortion.

Not only did the pro-life movement teach about public rights arguments, but battles over abortion forced the movement to frequently claim expansive free-speech rights. Most notably, pro-life groups fought legal and legislative battles to defend their right to protest at abortion clinics and health care facilities many times between the late 1980s and 2000s.

In doing so, conservative Christian legal organizations were formed, and pro-life groups marshaled liberal free speech precedents established by antiwar and anti-government protesters. In the most recent abortion protest case decided by the Supreme Court in 2014, McCullen v. Coakley, several conservative Christian groups filed a brief arguing that the court should strike down a "buffer zone" outside a clinic in Boston. In their brief, the groups drew upon the pinnacle of free speech doctrine, Cohen v. California, in which the court in 1971 overturned a young man's citation for wearing a jacket with a vulgar antiwar slogan on it in a courthouse. These conservative groups claimed for themselves a precedent they would have despised four decades ago.

These Conservative Christian groups are not just using these precedents when it serves them: They have also been supporting free speech cases when abortion is not directly involved. For example, many defended the student who was suspended for holding a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner at an Alaska school event in Morse v. Frederick in 2007.

In this case and others, the controversial advocacy was justified by saying it was necessary to carve out space for pro-life speech.

Conservative Christian support for free speech has also grown among the rank-and-file, according to the General Social Survey, a nationally representative survey conducted about every two years since 1972. While nonblack evangelicals had one of the lowest levels of support for the free speech of atheists, gays and lesbians, Communists, racists and militarists in 1976, they now nearly match nonevangelical levels of support. Evangelicals increased their level of support for free speech by almost 50 percent from 1976 to 2014, while nonevangelicals increased it by 15 percent.

The survey data also show that abortion views are related to the public's views on free speech, even accounting for other political and demographic characteristics. Evangelicals are generally less supportive of controversial speech than the general population. Before 1990, evangelicals with stronger pro-life views were even less supportive of free speech. But by 2000, the relationship between abortion views and free speech for evangelicals changed. Evangelicals who have more pro-life views are more supportive of free speech than those with more pro-choice views.

The politics of abortion have been teaching conservative Christians about the value of free speech. Certainly, their commitment to civil liberties has been episodic; there are incidents that reveal the lack of consistent support. But over the past half-century, right-to-life advocacy helped advance the values of liberalism.

As we reach the 45th anniversary of Roe, the abortion wars still often seem intractable. But over the course of these battles there has been an unlikely secondary victory for civil liberties, specifically free speech. Perhaps this is some needed salve for the wounds inflicted by our culture wars.

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Following Roe, many evangelical Christians were slow to join the anti-abortion movement, and when their pace increased at the end of the 1970s, their public arguments against abortion focused more on the immorality of abortion than the right-to-life of the unborn. If one leader epitomizes this approach, it was Jerry Falwell, leader of the Moral Majority.

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Freedom of Press grants individuals in the United States the right to circulate their opinions without censorship in the government. Freedom of Press allows individuals to express their opinions without government intervention.

In the following political cartoon, it is evident that editorialist as well as others from the press are able to publish images such as the one below, as well as other options without fear at expressing their opinions.

#FOP #NO_FILTER

RAMIREZ, MICHAEL. “Editorial Cartoons About Donald Trump and NFL Protests.” USN, 18 Oct. 2017, www.usnews.com/opinion/cartoons/2017/09/25/editorial-cartoons-about-donald-trump-and-nfl-protests

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Freedom of Assembly gives those in the united States the right to come together to hold public meetings and associations without interference of the government, resistance or censorship of their actions.

The following article published by the Nation of Change illustrated hundreds of thousands of individuals that peacefully came together at the Women's March to seek positive political and social change for women and all citizens in 2018. Thus showing how due to  Freedom of Assembly individuals are able to come together to support their beliefs.

#FOA #UNION #FORCE

“Women's March 2018 Was a Success.” NationofChange, 21 Jan. 2018, www.nationofchange.org/2018/01/21/womens-march-2018-success/.

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A year after hundreds of thousands showed up for the 2017 Women's March, demonstrators gathered again Saturday, still seeking positive political and social change for women and all citizens in 2018.

Over 120,000 protestors attended the march in New York and thousands more turned up in places like Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other major cities around the world.

"We're all marching towards the same thing," said Audra Heinrichs, an event organizer.

The primary theme of the 2018 Women's March was Power to the Polls, urging people to get out and vote in the midterm elections.

The event was a great success and an excellent start to a year of planned actions across the nation.

Thousands upon thousands at the #WomensMarchDC 2018. Even more thousands more on the other side. #marchon #womensmarch #metoo pic.twitter.com/kQHusMZ4tw

- NationofChange (@NationofChange) January 20, 2018

Marlee is an intern and writer at NationofChange.

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A year after hundreds of thousands showed up for the 2017 Women's March, demonstrators gathered again Saturday, still seeking positive political and social change for women and all citizens in 2018. Over 120,000 protestors attended the march in New York and thousands more turned up in places like Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other major cities around the world.

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Freedom of Petition grants indovalas the right to gather an abundance of signatures in support towards a cause and ultimately create a legislative body for or against a certain legislation. In short, individuals have the right to present their request to their government, without fear of punishment and or imprisonment.

In the following CNN article, San Francisco dismiss thousands of pot convection. For individuals who previously had weed conventions, San Fran, has passed a law that not only allows people previous crimes to not be penalized, but grants them the right to petition and operator and or reduce their felony to a misdemeanor.

#opportunity #requests #noshame #determination

Almasy, Steve. “San Francisco Retroactively Tossing Thousands of Pot Convictions.” CNN, Cable News Network, 31 Jan. 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/us/san-francisco-marijuana-convictions/index.html

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There's a good chance it will be removed from their records or be downgraded.

On Wednesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said his office is going to look into thousands of cases dating back to 1975, retroactively applying a new California law legalizing some recreational cannabis possession.

The new law allows people whose past crimes would now not be penalized in the same way to petition to have their convictions overturned or reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.

But Gascón said his office is going to be proactive and do the legwork for the people affected.

"We have an opportunity to lead the way (statewide and nationally)," he said.

There are 3,038 misdemeanor marijuana crimes that will be expunged, he told reporters. Another 4,940 felony cases need to be reviewed to see which ones qualify to be reduced to a misdemeanor. Murderers and rapists, for instance, would not be eligible, Gascón said.

"What we want to make sure is ... that people who were really the victims of the war on drugs, in general terms, and are people that are trying to get their lives in the right direction, that they get relief they deserve," he said. "We have damaged a lot of people in our community."

Statewide about 4,900 Californians have filed petitions asking to have their records wiped of cannabis convictions. In San Francisco the number is about 23, Gascón said.

Gascón said no one in San Francisco will have to pay for an attorney, take off work to attend court, or file time-consuming paperwork.

Officials who attended the DA's news conference praised the decision, saying the number of marijuana arrests disproportionately affected minorities. The convictions make it more difficult for people to get jobs, loans or places to live, they said.

Amos C. Brown of the NAACP's San Francisco office said the district's attorney's decision will help African-Americans "who've been the victims of an unjust criminal justice system, denied equality of opportunity" and had their humanity disrespected.

Laura Thomas of the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy organization that says people should not be punished for what they put in their bodies, said applying the law retroactively is very important.

"It doesn't feel like justice to change the laws for some people and leave other people in jail cells," she said.

There are no misdemeanor cases in the courts now, Gascón said.

He believes that people curious about the status of their cases will be able to go to the DA's website to see whether there has been a change. Misdemeanors will be easier to expunge, Gascón said. Felony cases will involve more time.

"I think within a year our work will be done," Gascón said.

CNN's Sonya Hamasaki contributed to this report.

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There's a good chance it will be removed from their records or be downgraded. On Wednesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said his office is going to look into thousands of cases dating back to 1975, retroactively applying a new California law legalizing some recreational cannabis possession.