Amendment One in NC

I was under the impression that the first amendment was for the FREEDOM of religion, speech, press, and gathering.  I know it's been a few years since I studied the US Constitution but I do know that it is what makes our country great is that we have FREEDOM.  Which is why so many people use to come here. 
I know each amendment goes deeper than is seen and stated, which you can dive into and read all about in the links above.  What I'd like to address is some post and information I've seen that I really can't agree with.  I use to live in NC and still have friends who live there so this is how I learned about the new proposed bill, one of my friends shared the photo:

This really aggravates me that such a beautiful state could think to take away a person's rights.  It doesn't matter if what your status is, what your religion is, if you're gay, straight, bi, dress conservatively or "inappropriately" if someone says NO it means NO.  Abuse of all kinds can happen to anyone and everyone should be able to get help.

Not only would this take away domestic violence protections but it would ban all types of civil unions and partnership which is not between one man and one woman.  Learn about the ballot.

Please let's open our eyes to how this will be taking away peoples rights.  How can we think that it is OK to say that only if you're married that you will be involved in domestic violence?  And why is there such hate towards gay people?

If you know anyone living in NC please share this with them so they can know what's going on in their state.

You won't see many post from me about voting but this is something I feel strongly about.  I don't get into politics much because I don't have a "side" and usually I don't vote but if I were in NC or something like this was going on in my state I'd be registering to vote right away.

Green week 4

I can't believe April is over.  What a busy month it was.  I figured since I've been busy talking about educating ourselfs about toxic chemicals in our cleaners at Earth Day Events I'd use that as some of my green tips.

Green Tips:

** Educate yourself and your kids.  Learning about the ways to go green is one of the most important things you can do, and as I saw over the last 2 weekends there are many interactive activities at Earth Day Events for kids to learn.  When I was in school they also had activities for use, find out if there's something going on in your area where you can take your kids out to.
**One great way to go green and include your kids is to have your own garden, you and your family will enjoy watching the plants grow and eating the fruits of your labor :)  I look forward to planting our own garden this year although we're still deciding on where we're going to place the garden.
 **  Hang up your laundry to dry instead of using the dryer and reduce the amount of electricity you use.  Also with laundry wait until you have a full load instead of doing mini loads.  You can also use a green laundry detergent, softer, and dryer sheets.  These dryer sheets go right in your paper recycling when you're done.  And this stain remover and laundry booster can double as a toilet bowl cleaner and is safe enough that it won't hurt your pets if they accidentally drink it.

Green website/paper: www.worldwatch.org 

This site talks about why going green is important and ways to do so and also gives you resources to buy about sustainable living.

Green Person: The Late Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her work in planting trees in her home country of Kenya, Africa.  She founded the Green Belt Movement which has planted over 30million trees in Africa!
I learned of her because she is very well respected in the Shaklee community this year I learned about the I am the Humming Bird  campaign where this year Shaklee has a goal of planting 1 billion trees world wide in honor of the late Wangari Maathai.