On Liberty
Who wants their boss making decisions for them about birth control?
ACLU of Massachusetts Communications Director Chris Ott originally guest-wrote this blog for Boston.com.
Senator Scott Brown would presumably never support legislation allowing a restaurant owner to refuse service to members of a specific race--and rightly so. We've made it unlawful for business owners to impose views like this on their customers or the communities where they do business.
Senator Brown would also never support legislation making it legal for a business owner to refuse to hire people of another religious faith. Except for ministerial-type positions, we've passed laws to prevent that kind of discrimination too.
Komen and Planned Parenthood: keep politics out of decisions on women's health
ACLU of Massachusetts Online Communications Coordinator Danielle Riendeau originally guest-wrote this blog for Boston.com.
As someone who cares deeply about women’s health--and has participated in races for breast cancer awareness that are affiliated with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure--the news yesterday that the breast cancer charity announced it would stop funding Planned Parenthood for breast health services utterly shocked me, and I know I’m not the only one.
Celebrating fair play and equal justice under the law
ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose originally wrote this blog for Boston.com.
There's nothing like a victory for equal rights to restore my faith in human courage and basic decency. So I braved the cold in order to show up for Governor Deval Patrick's ceremonial and very public signing of the Transgender Equal Rights Law at the State House this morning.
It was standing-room-barely as Massachusetts luminaries and civil rights advocates gathered in the ornate Senate Reading Room to watch our Commonwealth take another important step forward for equal rights under the law.
Mitt Romney and the shame of Guantanamo
One way that Republican presidential contenders could go after President Obama is by criticizing his record on civil liberties, such as his yet-to-be fulfilled pledge to close Guantanamo--but, with only a few exceptions (Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman), they can't, because their stance on indefinite detention without charge or trial is worse than the President's. ACLU of Massachusetts Education Director Nancy Murray originally guest-wrote the following blog for Boston.com.
Freedom of speech on trial
ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose originally wrote this blog for Boston.com.
What do get when you take America's overly-broad conspiracy and material support laws and mix them with efforts by federal prosecutors to criminalize unpopular speech?
