Are civilians required to protect and defend their Constitution? Is it a responsibility of all Americans to fight in America's name? Well, according to a bill recently proposed to Arizona's legislature, they are...and that requirement starts before you even graduate high school. In a recent TV commercial for the United States Navy I was flashed dozens of inspiring and incredible pictures of what sailors participate in. The voice over on the co...

What country has a population the size of St. Louis, MO and an ultra-feminist political agenda? And what country is currently attempting to ban internet porn? Welcome to Iceland, ladies and gentlemen. According to a recent report by CNN.com, Iceland is introducing legislature that will ban internet porn from entering the island nation. It's not all that shocking when you consider that for years Iceland's government banned strip clubs (citing t...

In an article published by christianpost.com, I learned that the Boy Scouts of America visited the leaders of the Latter-day Saints, Southern Baptists, and Catholic Church regarding their level of support for a newly proposed policy on gay members of their troupes. The BSA publicly announced the possibility of a change in policy (allowing openly gay members) on January 28th. Since then, the Baptists, Mormons and Catholics have all been in contact...

My dad says that "freedom of religion" means Americans have the freedom to practice whatever religion they want...so long as they practice a religion. His interpretation of the First Amendment is that you are free to be religious, not free from religion. When I looked up the definition of the word "religion", though, I didn't find anything about it being mandatory to be religious in order to be part of religion. See, religion is just a fancy w...

According to FoxNews.com, two males brought weapons onto their school campus with a plot to kill a classmate. One student brought a knife, the other a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with a full ammunition clip, court records stated. Here's the really horrible part: these two males are aged 10 and 11 years old. They are students at Fort Colville Elementary School in Washington St. and were arrested on February 7th. A fourth-grade student wit...

According to an article published by Yahoo! News, an Ohio middle school is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation for having a large portrait of Jesus hanging ostentatiously in an entranceway. The two groups hold that the portrait's support of one religion is unconstitutional and should be removed. Here's where it gets interesting: Instead of waiting to hear back from S...

While the US battles for equal marriage options in a fight for civil rights, Ireland is still battling for the separation of church and state. Let's all breathe a collective sigh of relief that crazy religious nutjobs don't run our country (insert female voice dripping with sarcasm here). For anyone unaware of what's happening across the pond; an Indian woman, Savita Halappanavar, died in an Irish hospital on Sunday, October 28th, 2012. Savita...