Government

African Americans will lose voting rights in 2007-Fiction!

The story says that blacks will be losing their right to vote in 2007. The reason is that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was not a law, it was just an act, but never passed into law. In 1982, according to the story, Ronald Reagan amended the Voting Rights Act for another 25 years…until 2007. At that time, congress will revisit the whole issue and in addition to congressional approval, there needs to be the approval of 38 states for the law to be extended.

The hardship of the signers of The Declaration Of Independence-Truth! and Fiction!

This email goes through a list of some of the signers of the Declaration of Independence that led to the formation of the United States more than 200 years ago. It says that the signers lived lives of hardship, personal loss, and poverty, and that five of them were captured by the British, tortured, and died. The entire email is duplicated at the bottom of this page.

Congress is going to tax email messages-Fiction!

Congress Is Going to Tax Email Messages-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A widely distributed email warns that legislation has been introduced in congress to add a surcharge to email.  Congressional “Bill 602P” would add a 5 cents per email tax in order to make up for millions of dollars being lost by the Postal Service because …

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Obama's Poverty Tax- Truth! & Fiction!

An eRumor that warns readers that Senator Obama sponsored a Global Poverty Tax Bill, SB2433, where not only 850 Billion dollar from American Taxpayers will be sent to the poor in other countries but there is a provision from the United Nations that would ban small and light weapons in all nations, thus violating the American Second Amendment rights.

Controversial survey of U.S. troops-Fiction!

The U.S. Military Has Distributed a Survey Among Soldiers That Prepares Them For Shooting Civilians Who Resist Gun Control-Fiction!   Summary of eRumor: The story is that a survey has been handed out among all U.S. fighting personnel which prepares them for forsaking their allegiance to the President of the United States in favor of …

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The preacher's prayer that stirred the Kansas legislature-Truth!

The Preacher’s Prayer That Stirred Protest In the Kansas Legislature–Truth!     Summary of eRumor:  The email says that a session of the Kansas State Senate was opened in prayer by a Pastor Joe Wright.  His prayer was a sizzling one and prompted controversy.  The story says that several members of the Senate got up …

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