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At a time when policy makers in Nebraska are playing politics with transgender students, it is heartwarming to see one entity, the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education, indicate strongly that all students, including transgender students, should have the opportunity to get a great education:

On August 5, 2015 Third District Judge John Colborn struck down 20-year-old policy that banned LGBT Nebraskans from providing foster care. This policy had been issued back in 1995 by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

One way that people often show their support is through political signage in their yards, everyone has the right to free speech and expression.  During the summer before the 2008 presidential election, the ACLU of Nebraska helped Lincoln citizens freely display their political support for that presidential election.

Our nation is hurting.

Constitutional violations in public schools across our country are far too common. Schools in America should not be constitutional dead zones - students still have their constitutional rights to free speech and privacy!

Back in 2001, The Church of the Awesome God moved into a location in north Lincoln. The building was being rented on the edge of an area zoned for industrial uses.

Marco Silva is a pastor who travels around the U.S. to talk to churches and collect money for an orphanage in his home country, Peru.

A name is an identity and an expression; it’s who we are. How would you feel if your child was not allowed to say their name at school because the administration deemed it inappropriate?

My name is Eris Koleszar. I am a transgender woman in Nebraska. I’ve recently spoken to the Nebraska Board of Education and the Omaha Public Schools Board about needing to ensure all students in Nebraska – including transgender students – have the opportunity to learn and grow.