Your Civil Liberties

One of my Civil Liberties that i have applied in life is the first amendment. The first amendment is the freedom of press, speech, and religion. I have applied this civil liberty in many ways. 
I have used my freedom of press last year when I worked on the yearbook. I had the freedom to write what I thought and make what happened at school more interesting. I even use my freedom of press this year in Media when my group writes and videos the morning news at GHS. Also, when I record school events for the GHS news.
My freedom of speech I use when I am just talking to my friends everyday or when I'm debating something that I feel strongly about. Freedom of speech is the easiest one that everyone uses and sometimes we don't recognize that we are using it. 
The last one is the freedom of religion. That gives me the freedom to say which church I want to go to and when I want to go. It allows me to decide what religion I want to be or even if I want to have a religion at all. 

Interpreting a Political Cartoon

 

 

The cartoon displays the issue of Gay Marriage. I know that because the Egg that the chicken is coming out of says "Same Sex Marriage." The cartoon represents that even though some states have accepted gay marriage and made it legal, that there are still people who think that it shouldn't be. The cartoon guy says "Don't worry I still think I can get him back in the egg," he is talking about the chicken being same sex marriage and the egg being the shell that keeps gay marriage from being legal.

By the chicken coming out of the egg, there are little eggs and on the other side is those two men and the Supreme court building behind the two men. The chicken is giving the two men the "Stink eye" as the one man says "Don't worry I still think I can get him back in the egg."

LaDonna's Political Life

           I signed up to AP Gov instead of Civics because I wanted to better educate myself in what was going on in the world around me. I want to learn more about voting and about congress, that way when I do turn 18 I know what to expect when I am eligible to vote. AP Gov is the perfect opportunity to learn more about the government and what it does for you. 
           I don't have much involvement in government. The most experience that I have in political life would probably be voting at school for student president and vice president. My parents don't have much involvement in political life. My dad has only voted once and my mom votes only when there is someone she likes that is running.
         My political life is mostly influenced my parents. Everything that I know about political life I learned from my parents. Since they don't have pretty much any involvement in government, that causes me to not know that much about government. I want to know about how the government affects me and others around me.