Tag: rights

Gun rights group to hold inaugural summit in Knoxville

Gun Owners of America will be hosting its inaugural advocacy and leadership summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, this summer and said every attendee will be allowed to carry their personal firearm. The no-compromise gun rights group will have its event beginning Aug. 16 and expects more than 25,000 people to attend speeches from gun rights leaders, […]

Gay rights advocates in Kentucky say expansion to religious freedom law would hurt LGBTQ+ safeguards

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gay rights advocates pushed back Wednesday against a Republican-sponsored measure to broaden Kentucky’s religious freedom law, claiming it threatens to undermine community-level “fairness ordinances” meant to protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. The measure, House Bill 47, won approval from the House Judiciary Committee, but some supporters signaled a willingness to make revisions […]

Human rights groups in Venezuela demand release of prominent detained attorney and activist

CARACAS, Venezuela — Human rights organizations in Venezuela on Wednesday demanded the release of a prominent attorney and activist whose detention last week has heightened concerns over the government’s use of repression against real and perceived adversaries. The representatives of several rights groups expressed concern over Rocío San Miguel’s well-being and condemned her inability to […]

The Porn Pushers Have No 1st Amendment Rights

Children are being exposed to porn at an alarming rate, and the age gets younger every time a new study is completed. According to a 2005 U.K. study, 93 percent of boys were exposed to porn during their teenage years, some as early as age 9. An even more alarming aspect of this is less […]