Blog Group 6

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/newsweek-obama-first-gay-president-144158226.html
In the article Newsweek cover: Obama 'First Gay President' the issue of Obama's recent stance on gay marriage is discussed. Last week he announced that he was in full support of gay couples being allowed to marry and this caused a controversial topic that might affect his re-election campaign. The issue of gay marriage has been prevalent in American society for a while now and with the recent North Carolina ban on top of Obama's announcement it has quickly become a hot button issue in the presidential race. How do you think taking such a strong stance on a controversial topic will affect his campaign? Do you think that cover image was an appropriate reaction to his stance or was it offensive? Is it right that they are calling him the 'first gay president' for his opinions on the matter? 

Blog Group 5

Here is the link to the article

http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12563434

The article is about a high school newspaper that was printed but the principal did not allow the students to read it. One of the articles in the paper written by a student was about legalizing marijuana. The principal read the article and did not allow it to reach the students because he believed it was inappropriate.  This leads to a big debate on whether the principal did the right thing or not. Was this a violation of the students right to free speech and free press? If you were the principal how would you have handled it and also as a student how would you have reacted? Also, let it be known that this blog argument is about the principal withholding the paper and not about legalizing marijuana.