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On this page there are a few "what ifs" for you to think about. You can do these in your head or on paper, depending on what your teacher wants.
RELIGION (Don't forget - The Constitution can not help or hurt any religion.)
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1. Is it okay for the city of Los Angeles to put on a Jesus Festival at Christmas ? Why?
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Okay, that was too easy. How about this one.
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2. Is it okay for Beverly Hills High School to use the 10 Commandments as their school rules?
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Did you get fooled? Okay, how about this one, if you get this one right you might become a Supreme Court Justice.
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3. How come public schools can't have a moment of prayer, but at every meeting of The House of Representatives and The Senate they begin with a prayer?
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You're right, that is a tough one. That one still hasn't been answered.
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4. Why does the Bill of Rights make it okay for someone to believe that there is NO God?
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FREE SPEECH
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1. Do you think that newspapers have the right to print anything they want?
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- Should the paper print the secrets of the love lives of movie stars?
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- Should the paper print report card grades of students in school?
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- Should the paper print the names and addresses of all undercover police officers?
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- Should the paper print the secret plans of the military when we are at war?
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2. What about magazines. What is so wrong about saying that a movie star was seen at a restaurant with someone besides his wife? Why is that so bad?
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- Do you think that we should know about the politicians and what they do?
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- Is it okay to print pictures of famous people taking drugs?
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- Is it okay to put naked pictures of famous people in magazines?
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3. How would you decide what to print or what not to print if you were the editor of a newspaper or a magazine?
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4. Should people be allowed to say whatever they want to say?
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- Is it okay to wear a shirt that says, "America Sucks?"
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- Is it okay to say you have a bomb when you are in an airport?
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- Do you think it is okay to say that all white people are conceited? Or rich?
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- Is it okay to say anything you want to about a whole group of people?
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5. If you could make the rules - what rules would you make about what people can and can't say?
FREE ASSEMBLY - All groups have the right to peacefully assemble - even groups we might not like.
- Is it okay for a huge motorcycle gang to come into the pizza parlor all at one time?
- Can the members of a church choir have a meeting in the library and start busting the chairs and throwing books?
- Can the members of the Ku Klux Klan march in a parade with signs saying that they hate all African Americans?
- Is it okay for a group to meet in someone's garage and build bombs while at the meeting?
- What about a meeting of all the people that hated the president? Could the president then get a list of everybody at that meeting so he could get even with them?
- Would you want to change this rule?
Which of these 1st amendment rights do you think is the most important? Why?
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