Civil Liberties in the New Confederate States of America: Freedom of Speech & Religion

Free speech protects unpopular speech & any speech that does not direct harm against anyone such as harassment, bullying, conspiring to commit harm, etc. Free speech also includes freedom from censorship such as protecting art that may seem offensive but is not a message that directs or encourages people to harm others. For example, movies & video games that have intense violent and/or sexual content do not directly harm anyone against their will by force.

Freedom of religion includes the right to practice religion & have religious beliefs. Although the New Confederate States of America will be based on Christian values, establishment of religion will not be made by any government at any levels.

The issues concerned regarding free speech, free assembly & freedom of religion include SOPA, PIPA, contraceptive mandates, banning of school prayer, order to remove ten commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court Building, banning of the cross of Christ, forcing doctors to perform abortions regardless of religious beliefs under threat of losing profession, police attacks on non-violent protestors, compulsory indoctrination & schooling, violence against journalists as the United States ranks 47 in press freedom & the internet being monitored. The United States has all of these problems.

The New Confederate States will correct these problems by being smart about protecting intellectual property & fighting piracy without effecting simple events by rejecting SOPA & PIPA, the new CSA will protect the sovereignty of the people by cracking down on foreign governments who interfere with internet speech, make abortion a state issue & ban federal courts from ever hearing cases where the primary issue is the constitutionality of abortion, protect religious freedom & tolerance by applying the coercion test to cases concerning establishment of religion such as using taxpayer's money to fund religous services, condemn police violence against protestors by recognizing the right to carry firearms in a responsible manner & acknowleging the right to resist unlawful violence by police, abolishing compulsory education & respecting the right to parents to educate their children the way they wish to be educated, & protect journalists by passing press shield laws that prevent journalists from being punished for not revealing requested information such as Wikileaks, which exposes abuses committed by governments.