Sentences with phrase «citizens have equal rights»

In modern society, liberals favour a liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law and an equal opportunity to succeed.

«I wish Erik the very best, and know that Governor Cuomo could not have appointed a better person to represent him to ensure all of New York's citizens have equal rights.»

We are asking that you acknowledge all citizens have equal rights.

Not exact matches

The U.K. and the EU have now to decide how to trade with one another, how to ensure equal rights for EU citizens who already leave in the U.K. and British expats who live in other UE countries.

It would balance the right to bear arms «with an equal respect for the lives of all citizens of Florida» and instruct Florida courts to apply the U.S. Supreme Court's carefully qualified interpretations of the Second Amendment.

In closing, America has become a better and more just country in EVERY instance where it granted equal rights under law to minority citizens.

Citizens will asked for their views on the Eighth Ammendment - which states a mother and her unborn baby have an equal right to life.

All citizens must have basic rights to life and liberty, and political rights to the vote and to equal protection under the law.

But we were also being taught that all citizens, regardless of religion, had equal rights in this country.

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.

The form in which he originally proposed it was: «The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each state all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states and to all persons in the several states equal protection in the rights of life, liberty, and property.»

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.

For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight, no unreasonable restrictions can apply to anyone seeking to become a representative, and the freedom of its all citizens is secured by legitimized rights and liberties which are generally protected by a constitution.

«Two years ago, New York became the largest state to enact marriage equality, and since then we have seen a growing recognition across the country that all citizens deserve equal rights under the law, regardless of sexual orientation,» Cuomo wrote.

«I object to the complete evisceration of all legal issues we have won throughout the years in the courts,» said Judy Bachman, president of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance, which is suing the federal government over Oneida nation trust land.

It seems the point is really to have a feeling of control or even to make EU citizens jumps through hoops for the sake of affirming that being working in the UK is a privilege rather than a right EU citizens have on an equal footing with British citizens so a symbolic rather than a practical distinction.

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.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

You have equal rights and under Labour you will never be treated like second - class citizens.

It is a campaign to ensure that all UK Citizens regardless of residence have equal rights in a Brexit referendum; Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Dec 2014 Website sayyes2europe.eu / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 4,335.

«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.

«To every woman who gave birth to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights,» said Arquette.

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.»

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

De Klerk brokered the end of apartheid, South Africa's racial segregation policy, and supported the transformation of South Africa into a multi-racial democracy by entering into the negotiations that resulted in all citizens, including the country's black majority, having equal voting and other rights.

«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.»

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.

It is a campaign to ensure that all UK Citizens regardless of residence have equal rights in a Brexit referendum; Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Dec 2014 Website sayyes2europe.eu / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 4,335.

Only recently, this Court had occasion to declare that a state law which denied equal enjoyment of property rights to a designated class of citizens of specified race and ancestry was not a legitimate exercise of the state's police power, but violated the guaranty of the equal protection of the laws.

A majority of these cases are brought by citizens with substantial complaints — persons who are physically or economically injured by torts or frauds or governmental infringement of their rights; persons who have been unjustly deprived of their liberty or their property; and persons who have not yet received the equal opportunity in education, employment, and pursuit of happiness that was the dream of our forefathers.

In the Grzelczyk line of cases, any claim to social assistance by an EU citizen would have to be considered in the light of equal treatment by national authorities, although this claim could have consequences for the right of residence.

According to the Irish authorities, the right to retain worker status after having worked for more than one year — granting the right to reside and equal treatment — was reserved exclusively for Union citizens working under an employment contract.

Even if we assume that citizens do not have an absolute right to re-entry, the Equal Protection Clause likely bars a religion - based criteria for citizen re-entry.

Where the Minister certifies by notice, published in the Canada Gazette, that any country that is not a treaty country grants or has undertaken to grant, either by treaty, convention, agreement or law, to citizens of Canada, the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by this Act, the country shall, for the purpose of the rights conferred by this Act, be treated as if it were a country to which this Act extends, and the Minister may give a certificate, notwithstanding that the remedies for enforcing the rights, or the restrictions on the importation of copies of works, under the law of such country, differ from those in this Act.

Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, every citizen of Ontario has a right to equal treatment in receiving services including public transit services.

It is a campaign to ensure that all UK Citizens regardless of residence have equal rights in a Brexit referendum; Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Dec 2014 Website sayyes2europe.eu / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 4,335.

Equal Rights Amendment: On Tuesday, Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri joined many citizens and organizations to testify in support of Sen. Jill Schupp's SCR 41, which would ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Missouri.

It is a campaign to ensure that all UK Citizens regardless of residence have equal rights in a Brexit referendum; Frequency about 3 posts per month Since Dec 2014 Website sayyes2europe.eu / blog + Follow Facebook fans - 4,335.