Sentences with phrase «as equal citizens»

They also testify to its levelling effect by treating pours, masks, colours, icons, emblems and words as equal citizens in the democracy of information bytes.

But the decree led to constitutional amendments that outlawed slavery completely and recognized men and women who had been freed as equal citizens.

Yet, the new Monte Carlo treats rear - seat passengers as equal citizens.

The acclaimed science fiction author has written that practicing homosexuals should not be treated as equal citizens and has described gay rights as a «collective delusion.»

Youth quotas could thus participate in a redefinition of young adults as able to rule and reinforce their image as equal citizens.

Becky, those of us who believe that «it is for freedom that Christ has set us free» would defend the right of religious institutions to refuse to marry same - sex couples as passionately as we defend the right of same - sex couples, as equal citizens, to have their spousal committments recognized by the secular State.

I mean, how DARE them - thur Eeebil Gayz expect to be treated as equal citizens in the Republic!

So far, four episodes have aired on the streaming service and showed women being stripped of their status as equal citizens.

Not exact matches

The figure rates between zero and one, with zero representing total equality — where every citizen possesses the same amount of wealth as every other citizen — while one equals total inequality, where one person holds all the wealth.

We should, in fact, be grateful for its fundamental contribution to our living as free and equal citizens and persons.

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

Social conservatives see denying equal treatment to law - abiding citizens as one of their most important issues.

This argument» in the mouths of death penalty opponents committed to the sanctity, or at least equal dignity, of every human being» comes perilously close to suggesting that we should use an execution of one of our fellow citizens as a means to desired ends.

Treated as equal «citizens», they participate in the political decisions that affect their lives (Youth Parliaments).

Liberals are right when they insist that regarding the poor as the equals of all other citizens is essential to the incorporation of a viable welfare state within a robust democracy.

Me being Gay is not the issue, the issue that I strive to fight for is my equal rights as a U.S citizen.

The reporter says that while «legal experts said the First Amendment grants Supreme Court justices, just like any other U.S. citizen, the right to speak their mind,» other experts insist that «Scalia's comments were difficult to reconcile with his judicial obligation to regard citizens of all religious persuasions — whether believer or unbeliever, Christian or non-Christian — as equals under the law.»

Whenever the concept of equality is used this usually pertains to the Lockean interpretation of «one rule for rich and poor» or to the Kantian interpretation of non-discrimination: the law should treat all citizens as equals.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

The indigenous Christian and other populations enjoy the inalienable right to remain in their countries as citizens with equal rights.»

Indeed, my sense is that American Jews, and many citizens of Israel, are having second thoughts about this problem, which they view as equal in significance to the Israel - Palestinian issue.

Popular sovereignty as the revolutionary principle is not based on the nation alone, but rather on a republican understanding of the social contract, where all citizens are equal and free.

Of course, the deeper your pockets, the more you can do, but the internet is unique among communications media in the extent to which it allows citizens to participate as the equals of major corporations and interest groups.

However, when it came to globally contested serious issues such as the meaning of power, she was equally forthcoming: «I think that we must change the ideology of being powerful... A country with more literate and educated people, a country with more skillful people, a country which has given equal rights to its citizens should be considered the superpower.

We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one state... and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.»

Instead, it comes to define the equal access that citizens — and eventually all human beings — have to an online world that exists to secure and promote the common good, as defined by digital citizens themselves.

For citizen equality you need both equal districts (as in the current bill) and a non-partisan redistricting procedure (as in the UK's four Boundary Commissions).

It strikes us as a perversion of a democratic ideal that treats all citizens, despite differences in income and wealth, as political equals.

«Ultimately artist Anthony Goicolea's design was recommended by the Commission and selected as a result of the circular layout and permanency of the bronze stones that expressed the uncompromised strength of LGBT community, marries well within the sites natural environment, invites sitting and contemplation and stands for equality, fairness, justice, and equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens,» the state parks department said in its statement.

Alaska is the only state in the world to pay its individual citizens an annual, equal income, known as the permanent fund dividend (PFD), and this «basic income» is financed by the investment returns of its sovereign wealth fund, the Alaska Permanent Fund (APF).

(CNN) Puerto Ricans who voted for US statehood in a non-binding referendum Sunday are «claiming our equal rights as American citizens,» Puerto Rico's governor says.

«We believe that effective legislative government requires ubiquitous, timely, and equal access to information for all New Yorkers, and the direct participation of as many citizens as possible in the legislative process,» said Andrew Hoppin, New York State Senate Chief Information Officer.

In Reynolds v. Sims, the court ruled that «the Equal Protection Clause [of the United States Constitution] demands no less than substantially equal state legislative representation for all citizens, of all places as well as of all races.&rEqual Protection Clause [of the United States Constitution] demands no less than substantially equal state legislative representation for all citizens, of all places as well as of all races.&requal state legislative representation for all citizens, of all places as well as of all races.»

Also military vets do not want any amendments to the law as they believe the Second Amendment is equal for all citizens.

They also grant every citizen its rights as described by law and always the right pertaining to the definition of «citizen» - being equal to any other citizen before the Law.

Poughkeepsie... With the approach of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro has announced Dutchess County's enhanced commitment to equality for all citizens, with several Human Resources initiatives, including the appointment of Jody Miller as the County's new Equal Employment Opportunity / Human Rights (EEO / HR) Officer.

In a study of randomly selected federal policy decisions between 1998 and 2002, the researchers found that when citizen interest groups and other competitors opposed businesses on policies, businesses had roughly an equal chance of success as the citizen group.

«No one has any right to question them or print their personal pictures on social networking sites,» he adds... our appeal for equal rights as citizens of India.

Don't we have an administration that does not see its black citizens as having the same equal rights that its white citizens do?

«Wisconsin students have a fundamental right to an equal opportunity to a sound basic education that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»

The Court also holds that «Wisconsin students have a fundamental right to an equal opportunity to a sound basic education... that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»

What this report shows is that there is currently a systemic failure to ensure that the moral purpose of public education as defined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Vincent v. Voight is being fulfilled: «An equal opportunity for a sound basic education is one that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»

As with voting rights and rights to non-discrimination in employment and housing, the federal government protects all citizens by ensuring equal access to those things that enable us to enjoy the fruits of our Constitutional form of government.

NJLA believes that our schools must serve as an «equalizer» to provide all students with equal and equitable access to the resources, support and instruction necessary to succeed academically and become productive and engaged citizens in a democratic society.

A small town in Spain, Trigueros del Valle, has intorduced a bill to recognize animals as «non-human residents», thus granting the four - legged companions equal rights as citizens.

But all are treated as equal violations of the U.S. government's fundamental responsibility to protect its citizens today, and provide for a healthy tomorrow.

In doing so, that court set aside precedent from 2006 that many regarded as a controlling opinion on same - sex marriage bans: Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, an Eighth Circuit opinion upholding Nebraska's ban.

It is fundamental to the rule of law that all citizens stand before the bar of justice as equals.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.