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High School Faculty Survey
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Questions (1 - 11)(12-25)(26-32)(33-43)(44-51)
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For each of the following statements, please circle if you agree or disagree that someone should be allowed to do it...					38. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
					“Americans don’t appreciate First Amendment freedoms the way they ought to.”
33. People should be allowed to express unpopular opinions.					30%	Strongly agree
72%	Strongly agree				43	Mildly agree
25	Mildly agree				14	Mildly disagree
2	Mildly disagree				5	Strongly disagree
1	Strongly disagree				7	Don’t know
1	Don’t know
34. People should be allowed to burn or deface the American flag as a political statement.					39. Are the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment something you personally think about or are they something you take for granted?
15%	Strongly agree				50%	Personally think about
13	Mildly agree				46	Take for granted
11	Mildly disagree				4	Don’t know
59	Strongly disagree
2	Don’t know
35. Musicians should be allowed to sing songs with lyrics that others might find offensive.					40. What about most people in the United States—do you think the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment are something people specifically think about or are they something they take for granted?
28%	Strongly agree				7%	Personally think about
30	Mildly agree				86	Take for granted
19	Mildly disagree				7	Don’t know
21	Strongly disagree
2	Don’t know				Below are a series of statements about how people might try to exercise their rights under the First Amendment. In each case please indicate whether you think under current law Americans have the legal right or not to do these things:
36. Newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of a story.					41. Under current law, do Americans have the legal right to burn the American flag as a means of political protest? (Please circle Yes or No.)
53%	Strongly agree				60%	Yes
27	Mildly agree				40	No
12	Mildly disagree
6	Strongly disagree
2	Don’t know
37. High school students should be allowed to report controversial issues in their student newspapers without the approval of school authorities.					42. Under current law, do the courts have the right to send reporters to jail for refusing to reveal a news source? (Please circle Yes or No.) (Correct answer depends on state.)
13%	Strongly agree				54%	Yes
26	Mildly agree				46	No
27	Mildly disagree
33	Strongly disagree
1	Don’t know				43. Under current law, does the government have the right to restrict indecent material on the Internet? (Please circle Yes or No.)
					50%	Yes
					50	No

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