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The Student News Site of South Forsyth High School

The Bird Feed

The Student News Site of South Forsyth High School

The Bird Feed

Protesters during the hearing for Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The Equality Act can be associated with this court case in which a baker refused to bake a cake for a gay couple in 2018. The baker won the case, and the court ruled that the baker cannot be forced to bake a cake that goes against his religious beliefs. The equality act would completely disregard religious freedom.

Why the Equality Act is not actually equal

Lucy Moon, Staff Writer April 13, 2021

This past February, the House of Representatives passed a bill named the Equality Act further amending the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and...

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Reading time. The much anticipated sequel to A Handmaids Tale preaches equal rights. The sequel delves further into the lack of inequality that women have.

Margaret Atwood brings new commentary about women’s rights in her novel, “The Testaments”

Kelsey Watson, Staff Writer May 4, 2020

*Spoiler alert* The follow-up novel to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, strikes the perfect balance between fiction and reality as Margaret Atwood compares the violently religious and controlling...

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