Sentences with phrase «against equal rights»

Triinu Hoffman realizes she is definitely gay, a problem in the middle of a statewide campaign against equal rights for homosexuals in 1992 Oregon.

We hope this appeal fails, the High Court decision in Laura and Eunan's favour is allowed to stand, and government officials in Northern Ireland call a halt to their crusade against our equal rights.»

It is mentioned at one point that he spent his political career trying to improve the lot of the poor before he became obsessed with fighting against equal rights.

Chick Fil A as a business wasn't a problem until people discover it's owner contributed money to hate groups masked as «family values» that work against equal rights and protection of gays and lesbians.

You are only mad because there is no logical argument against equal rights.

It is baffling to me that Rev. William Owens, who was an activist in the civil rights movement (which was a fight for equal rights), chooses to now preach and take a stance against Equal Rights.

Islam is a backward hateful cult which is against equal rights for women and gays, for the death sentence for apostates and gays, against freedom of speech and religion etc..

And he was was against equal rights at first.

Why did christians in the south fight so hard against equal rights for blacks?

Greg: Many theists don't care about humanity or they wouldn't be fighting so hard against equal rights.

Just replace black with gay and you'll understand what is happening when people like you use their religion as a weapon against EQUAL rights in a SECULAR country.

It completely baffles me that a group so discriminated against in our history is so against equal rights for any group of Americans.

Atheists are not out protesting against equal rights or basing equal rights off of a book written 2000 years ago.

And in fighting for equal rights, I am * not * fighting against YOUR equal rights at all..

Not exact matches

If Sarah Palin really believed in God and in God's creations all being equal, she would not be against gay marriage and the rights of all humans to be equal.

He can champion equal rights for gay people, even if it goes against his personal religious beliefs.

Those opposed to gay marriage say it goes against what the Bible says about sexuality, and that same - sex couples already have equal rights via civil partnerships.

If I understand this correctly, these christian groups are claiming that granting equal rights to everyone is somehow discriminating against them??? Sounds par for the course.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

It seems all they want is equal rights and protection against discrimination.

This is not about trying to force churches to accept us or to marry us, this is about religion waging a campaign against the gay community to demonize us in order to get their voting congregation to pass laws that deny us equal rights.

One of them concerned allegations of physical abuse against women in the Morman church and Morman women who supported the Equal Rights Amendment.

tf: Did you once consider that maybe the reason it appears we speak out more against your god than other gods is because it is your gods believers that seem to be at the center of so much in this world??? I don't see Pagan's standing on street corners or attempting to use their holy books to deny equal rights.

hawaiiguest I never said or implied that I am against gay marriage or equal rights.

As for the «narrow public witness» against which John Murdock rightly cautions, I really don't think «prioritizing» equals «ignoring,» such that to prioritize the defense of religious freedom and the right to life excludes other issues from the Church's social witness and public policy advocacy.

How can anyone who claims to be a defender of equal rights for all people regardless of gender or race, be opposed to a law which would make it illegal to discriminate against unborn babies based on their gender or race?

You may believe the Bible tells you gays should be able to marry or maybe even that blacks should not be able to marry whites (another thing people have used the Bible to protest against); however, that does not mean that US civil equal rights laws should be based on your personal religious beliefs.

There are three examples of discounts based on a discriminatory practice — where are the «equal rights» groups standing against these?

It is unlikely that Pope Paul VI or any of the bishops in 1968 would have imagined that within a few decades a substantial proportion of Catholic parents in some Western countries would be living together outside of marriage or that the Church in those countries would be defending her rights against those who claim that homosexual partnerships must be treated as being of equal value with marriage.

I still don't understand how a population of people (African Americans) who fought so hard to obtain the same rights as everyone else can be so against other people who have the same blood flow as they do, are deserving of the same rights they obtained, and who should be recognized as equals as well.

(3) It will provide rights, opportunities, protections and rewards to all on an equal basis and will not discriminate against any person on irrelevant grounds.

«We believe that personal independence and equal human rights can never be forfeited, except for crime; that marriage should be an equal and permanent partnership, and so recognized by law; that until it is so recognized, married partners should provide against the radical injustice of present laws, by every means in their power...»

Connecting the dots between historical bigotry against other groups and the atudes of some people today toward hosexuality is one of the most effective ways to educate people about the denial of equal rights to the LGBT community.

The issue comes to light in their public statements about inequality and hate speech against a specific group of people, as well as the millions of dollars in donations to actively block equal rights to those people.

For example, both the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have been accused of ignoring or discriminating against other minorities.

The most important message you'll ever read: For us to get to go to heaven (and be made right with God), we must simply place our faith (belief / trust) in that Jesus Christ died for our sins (wrongs against God), was buried, and came back to life the third day after His crucifixion, thus making Jesus our Savior (the One Who paid for our sins) and Lord (equal to God because He was sinless).

Virtually the entire Bill of Rights has now been applied against the states, achieving three revolutionary results at once: 1) The original understanding of federalism has been obliterated, so that the states exercise their power now largely at the sufferance of the Supreme Court; 2) The Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of Section 1 have become a kind of witches» cauldron from which an exotic brew of postmodern nostrums has been fed into the bloodstream of the political culture; 3) The Supreme Court has successfully arrogated to itself more or less exclusive powers of constitutional interpretation.

After struggling between my desire to coax my daughter to accompany me and my shame at even considering asking her to go against all that I have taught her about the right of women to be equal in every area of life, I went by myself.

In the case of christians, it is them using their belief to justify hate against gays; oppression of women (ie; telling them what they should and shouldn't do with their bodies; basically anything that steps on a persons equal rights within a free country.

Podolski on the left, Sanchez on the right (the only man I feel will do an equal or better - due to his defensive and all round work rate), and Walcott leading the line (like his last game against spuds.)

«No free man [homo liber] shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land,» says Chapter 39 of Magna Carta.

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will be proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.

The free market is presented as the best way of organizing economic life — but it can only function well against a background of equal personal and property rights that protect all members of society, from the very rich to the very poor.

As well as briefing against the Equal Love campaign, Stonewall also exaggerated the cost of equal marriage rights; making absurd, unfounded claims that it would cost billions of poEqual Love campaign, Stonewall also exaggerated the cost of equal marriage rights; making absurd, unfounded claims that it would cost billions of poequal marriage rights; making absurd, unfounded claims that it would cost billions of pounds.

Equal rights, protections against discrimination, environmental safeguards, campaign finance reform and laws codifying a woman's right to an abortion are other possible changes.

If Schneiderman really wants equal justice for all as he claims, he would appoint a member of the NRA to the criminal justice committee to ensure our Second Amendment rights aren't torched any further by Jackie Hilly of New Yorkers Against Guns — who he did have the foresight to include.

He voted against equal pay for women every chance he got in the Assembly and opposes a woman's right to choose even in cases of rape or if her life or health are in danger.

It comes after a report said leaving the EU would turn the clock back on women's rights by «decades», hitting equal pay and protection against pregnancy discrimination.

Further ordered that employees and applicants who believe they have been discriminated against may exercise their right by contacting the Division of Equal Employment Opportunity; and it is,