December 31, 2002 - No state funds in church coffers, a Baltimore Sun op-ed by Susan Goering opposing Bob Ehrlich's plan for faith-based initiatives in Maryland. Thanks to the ACLU of Maryland for the link.

December 6, 2002 - Wiccan Priestess Cyndi Simpson sued the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors yesterday for refusing to let her volunteer to lead prayer at one of the board's meetings.

Support for the First Amendment has eroded significantly since Sept. 11 and nearly half of Americans now think the constitutional amendment on free speech goes too far in the rights it guarantees. This makes me sad.

Organizations supporting the preservation of the First Amendment:
ACLU and ACLU of Maryland
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Electronic Privacy Information Center

"Those who won our Independance believed...Liberty to be the secret to happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty...They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty...."

"Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears"

Justice Louis Brandeis
Whitney v. Califronia (1927)

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