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Fri Jun 30 2000 at 21:16:26
Every
year
the
First Amendment Center
does a
survey
to determine the
views
of the
general public
that are
related
to
First Amendment
freedoms. Here's some
results
from this year:
81% said that, if the
majority
favored it, prayer at
high school graduation
is OK.
64% feel students should be allowed to lead prayers at school-sponsored events.
61% think schools should be allowed to
post the Ten Commandments
. (But which version?)
56% felt that the
Bible
should be taught as
factual
text in
history
and/or
Social Studies
.
67% think that
public comments
that are offensive to
racial groups
should not be allowed.
53% think that public comments that are offensive to
religious groups
should not be allowed. (But would they apply that to minority groups like
Wicca
or
Satanism
?)
51% said that art that is considered offensive by some members of the community should not be allowed.
40% feel that musiciains shouldn't be allowed to sing
offensive songs
in public.
51% of people feel that the
press
has "
too much freedom
".
55% think that a
school newspaper
needs
faculty approval
for controversial stories.
20% of people think that the
government
should be allowed to
approve
what stories
newspapers
run. (That's 1 in 5 people, folks, that want to see the government
censoring
the
news
.)
67% of agreed that broadcasters should be allowed to televise U.S. Supreme Court proceedings.
70% believe TV networks should not project election winners until all the polls close. (Do they really mean should not, or should not be
allowed
to?)
83% percent think TV violence contributes to real-life violence
74% think video games do the same.
72% place some blame on music lyrics.
58% would severely restrict Internet content dealing with bomb-making information and sexually explicit material.
One-third believes that public libraries should block everyone's access to potentially offensive Web sites.
51% actually oppose a
flag burning amendment
, the first time there's been a majority against it.
37% of people polled could not even name one of the five freedoms guaranteed in the first amendment. (Can you support a freedom if you don't know we're supposed to have it?)
Posting the Ten Commandments in schools
First Amendment Apathy
flag burning amendment
majority rule religion
First Amendment
Why the news media sucks
Satanism
Wicca
Broadcast Indecency Act of 2004
The Ten Commandments
February 16, 2002
Sixth grade Maude with a cinch waist tarp on
survey
Experiments and Surveys
extradition
dissent
social studies
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
causality
poll
majority
Bible
religious