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Why are there laws limiting the freedom of speech? why is it important to balance majority rule with minority rights? is the use of civil disobedience warranted in response to laws that some people feel are unjust? what is the correct balance between protecting the freedom of religion, maintaining the separation of church and state, and protecting people from discrimination? in the space provided below, explain a little about the topic you’ve chosen and why you chose it. in your answer, note a time in history when this issue has come up or a current event that relates to the issue. a few resources and examples are provided below, but you are also encouraged to find and use your own sources and examples. the resources provided demonstrate only a few of the many ways that the listed topics can be interpreted.

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There are laws limiting freedom of speech that were made in order to protect people. Such laws deal with things like hate speech where there is extreme racism or xenophobia, or in cases if someone wanted to give away classified information that could endanger people, or if someone called for violence or anything similar. Those things are all forbidden by law.

It is important to balance the two because if a majority has too much power over the minority then we have a situation in which there is a tyranny of the majority which means that minorities have no power and can be exploited or harassed. If a minority has too much power at the expense of the majority, then the country is not a democracy.

It is warranted. Civil disobedience was common during the civil rights era in the 60s where civil disobedience led to many victories in regards to the rights of the harassed African-Americans. However, they all went to jail because of their civil disobedience so it shows that they took responsibility for their actions, which in turn inspired people to support them.

The correct balance can be achieved through legislature such as the first amendment. A state has to be secular because it is a state of all the citizens, not just smaller groups. In a secular state, all religious beliefs are valid and protected and people can believe what they want without suffering repercussions. Beliefs and church going are private things that are not related to state governing so they need to be separate in order to protect everyone.

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after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.