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Subway restaurant discriminates against homeschooled children.

Homeschooling families may be welcomed to spend their money at Subway - but their children are denied access to their contest.

The website for the "Every Sandwich Tells a Story" contest states:

Contest is open only to legal US residents, over the age of 18 with children in either elementary, private or parochial schools that serve grades PreK-6. No home schools will be accepted.
Subway discriminates against homeschooled children

As a homeschooling mother that spends far too much money at Subway (as it seems to be the healthiest fast food option when we're out), I am really sickened that I've been supporting a company that would discriminate against my own children this way.

I am quite certain this is the doing of Scholastic books - who have a long history of discrimination against homeschoolers. But Subway should have known better than to risk the alienation of over a million children and their parents.

Here is an interesting website about Scientology families. This consists of resources for Scientologists and those interested in learning more about how Scientology can be used to help you in your family life and in raising children.

Ron Paul addresses a group of home schoolers.

I love sites that really tell it like it is.

Millions of kids are miserable in school, and think it's all their own fault, that something is "weird" with them.

This site tells it like it is:

Why school sucks.

A group of youth in Washington D.C. are expressing their concerns about human rights in their area and around the world. I think it's just wonderful when young people lead by example and work to bring about effective, positive change.

Human Rights - D.C.

Woo hoo!

U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken has upheld the Bill of Rights, and shot down part of the "Patriot Act" (what a misnomer! It should have been called the Denial of Constitutional Rights Act!)

Brandon Mayfield, an attorney, sued when his rights were violated.

What a true hero this woman is, and the man who sued, as well.

The FBI misidentified a fingerprint during investigations into the Madrid train bombings that killed nearlyl 200 people in 2004. The attorney who was mistakenly identified with the prints was victimized when investigators secretly bugged and searched his home and office.

The judge wrote, "For over 200 years, this nation has adhered to the rule of the law - with unparalleled success. A shift to a nation based on extra-constitutional authority is prohibited, as well as ill-advised."

It's about time SOMEONE stood up against the Patriot Act.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070926/ap_on_re_us/patriot_act_lawsuit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators warned Hain Celestial Group Inc about a potentially unsafe herb in some of its herbal teas, saying it might be dangerous to blood sugar, reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Hain dated August 17 calling the herb, a natural sweetener made from a South American herb called stevia, "an unsafe food additive." The agency released the letter on its Web site on Tuesday.

Stevia is being eyed by big beverage makers looking for new low-calorie sweeteners. In May, Coca-Cola Co and Cargill Inc said they would work together to market the new sweetener, despite lack of FDA approval. Stevia has been approved in a dozen other countries including Japan, China and Brazil.

The FDA letter said that although it has received requests to use stevia in food, "data and information necessary to support the safe use have been lacking."

It also said "literature reports have raised safety concerns," including those "about control of blood sugar, and the effects on the reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems."

A spokeswoman for Boulder, Colorado-based Hain had no immediate comment.

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