Sentences with phrase «class citizens for»

We / I want to know how it is that you communally have decided to treat your paying constituency as second - class citizens for the betterment of your chosen first - class citizenry, being those who pay nothing into your coffers.

It was common for the Irish to be rejected and treated as second - class citizens for the early part of 19th century.

And that's why charter parents from upstate and downstate will be at the Capitol on February 2 fighting for charter students statewide who have been treated as second - class citizens for far too long.»

«Students at our public schools of choice have been treated like second - class citizens for far too long, and these proposed reforms signify Governor Malloy's position that all public school students should have access to the excellent educational options they deserve,» said Patrick Riccards, ConnCAN's CEO.

It made me wonder how society has allowed women to be treated like second class citizens for far too long while tolerating outspoken male chauvinists.

ESPECIALLY where it concerns women, whom the church has considered unclean second - class citizens for centuries... EXCEPT if they are married and procreating yearly and obeying their husbands.

Should I even put myself through the ringer and pursue a career in science or engineering if at the end of the day I am still going to be considered a second - class citizen for no reason other than discriminatory or patriarchal thinking?

Firstly, I didn't get treated as a second class citizen for being a younger woman.

Not exact matches

Besides, for the hundreds of millions of rural peasants who have already migrated to cities — supplying factories with an endless supply of cheap labour — life in cities like Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen means being treated like second - class citizens, since their access to social services and education for their children is tightly limited.

Because it is rarely advertised, the Filet - O - Fish may seem like a second - class citizen of McDonaldland, and one now headed for exile thanks to salads, wraps and other modern fare.

Bank of America has been hit with a proposed class action by a Brazilian citizen who said he was denied a job at the bank because his work authorization, granted under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, is subject to renewal.

Polis hopes to increase the number of EB - 5 Regional Center Program visas — for foreign investors or entrepreneurs that create at least five jobs for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants — to 10,000 from 3,000; and create a new class of eligibility called Startup Visas.

A new program from PayPal is aimed at banking for the unbanked, helping them to become «first class citizens» in a digital economy.

So, unless you are willing to accept your daughters from being excluded from education, your sons from being forced to pray to Allah in school, women being second class citizens, women being sent to prison for adultery after being raped, etc., you may want to consider what it truly means to have freedom of religion.

I could not in good conscience baptize my daughter in the RC Church (after doing so for my sons), knowing that she would be raised as a second class citizen in that church.

Yeah, make women wear veils, treat them as 2nd class citizens, that's definitely best for society.

And according to the New York Times's recent editorial, he was fired for speaking of his subordinates as «second - class citizens.»

I know that your personal faith acts as ones own personal moral and spiritual compass, however the president should through out his personal beliefs in exchange for the betterment of all americans citizens not the 2 % of the wealthy class or the corporations, but all americans

It's also important for those of us who have grown weary of being treated like second - class Kingdom citizens to be reminded of the fact that there are indeed many Christian men out there who support and celebrate women in the Church.

Women, men, children, unemployed people, excluded and oppressed people, workers, landless peasants, communities suffering from racism, impoverished city dwellers, indigenous peoples, students, intellectuals, migrants, small business people, outcasts, declining middle classes - citizens - are asserting their dignity, demanding respect for their human rights and natural heritages, and practising solidarity.

The Leprechaun camp in this country is STILL fighting to keep gays as second class citizens, yet cry out for help for this fellow who is suffering from the exact same ignorance.

atheist have total freedom in the public square, bit Christians are second class citizens, because the all supreme atheist say their speech is not fit for public airing.

The eschaton of radical freedom for all is inevitable, the forces of History will sweep toward their ultimate victory — and therefore it is essential that every good citizen accept liberalism (communism) in his heart and promote it publicly, eagerly detecting and shaming bias (class interest) and intolerance (oppression).

Recently an article in a church publication castigated Israel for deliberately humiliating Arabs and treating them as second - class citizens.

The GOP runs a Bishop of this church for President and they still want us to believe they don't think women are second class citizens?

The result was a tourist class citizen, negotiating life with a calm indifference, preferring to die curled up on some principle rather than to give his life fighting for what might eventually be judged an error.

These people would not allow any religion but Christianity to be seen in a good light if taught in classes in the USA, when history proves that, Christianity is the reason so many people in the USA have been motivated to lynch black people, make gays second class citizens, fought against woman being allowed to vote, hunted down and killed others from different denominations, force all other's to pay for their «work» whether in the USA or around the world through tax exempt status, gifts or «Faith - based initiatives».

But... that somewhat failed... because if they only went to the Home Study, then they were looked at as a second - class citizen... they were urged to also go to Sunday Church (which did not work for them).

The Congress seems for the most part to agree with the media, if passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinics» Entrance Act» the act that narrowed the First Amendment rights of abortion protestors as an entire class of citizens» is any indication.

His family belonged to the upper classes of Tarsian society, for Paul was a Roman citizen by birth (Acts 22.27 - ~ -8) as well as a citizen of Tarsus (21.39).

Where women are 2nd class citizens at best, and those that offer the most basic of questions are tried, convicted, imprisoned and maybe put to death for questioning Allah and / or your ped - o - phile prophet

what can you do for the victims as long as Christians hold power in our country, were living under christian tyranny, my heart goes out to my Sikh brothers, and i will protect them but those in power calls them evil, what we need is a separation of church and state, that's the only way to help us, as long as Christians have all the power, we will always besecond class citizens,

I do open my heart and mind to lots of religions, but a religion that treats women and non-followers like second - class citizens, and does not allow people to challenge their beliefs is not for me.

Mohammed my friend you said you read the Quran 5 times, and it doesn't say to kill people who don't convert to Islam, thats true for Christians and Jews only, but they have to become second class citizens, the Quran calls on Muslims to hate Jews and Christians and to not befiriend them or you become a lose in the hereafter.

It's not like it involved a wave of acceptance of the concept of free love, exploration into knew spiritualism, a reavluation of morality and ethics, and the first real key stages in recognizing that the idealized «Good Christian Family Values» of the 50's were a lie and a sham, that often enough were just a cover for a an abusive house - hold, treating women like second class citizens, and culuraly engrained and supported bigotry.

But it's worth noting that no one is calling for Evangelicals to be relegated to second - class - citizen status.

From special events, senior citizen local trips, tot classes, youth summer camps, and adult special interest classes, we provide the fun, enrichment and enjoyment for our residents.

By 1850 pigeon racing was solidly established in Belgium, and Charles Dickens wrote, «The members of the Antwerp Pigeon Training Society were citizens of the middle class of Society, but in Belgium pigeon - training has its attractions even for persons of rank and wealth, many of whom are enthusiastic pigeon fanciers; indeed, pigeon flying is as fashionable an amusement in Belgium as horse - racing in England.

They are often just meant to make parenting as convenient as possible for the adults while relegating children to second class citizens in the household.

«This current administration has a position that the people who work for the village of Orland Park are second - class citizens and they don't deserve the same respect that other unions get,» Dexter said.

But because the law only covers federally funded educational institutions, advocates for female sports programs assert that girls still are left out or treated as second - class citizens in hundreds of municipal leagues across the U.S.

Activities include sports leagues, instruction in hockey, golf, basketball, football, softball, soccer and tennis, exercise and fitness classes, a preschool program, and other programs for youths, adults and senior citizens.

«It's going to be geared for preschool through senior citizens,» said Thaman, adding that safety classes will also be taught inside the early childhood center.

It corresponds to the worst fears of single advocate Bella DePaulo, who has written that even when gay and lesbian people gain true marriage equality, «all those people who are single — whether gay or straight or any other status — will still remain second class citizens,» wanting for the tax breaks and legal dispensations and next - of - kin rights enjoyed by their married peers.

If the majority of our middle class citizens work for our state government, and the administrtion keeps taking money away from our livelyhood, how can we contribute to the efforts of trying to restore our economy?

The macabre implication is that the Republicans have become the party of the patrician class, in support of a feeble social contract that provides as little as possible to the masses, and a model for government whose raison d'être is to enable its wealthiest citizens to achieve a quality of life unattainable to the rest.

As the current protest has grown, it has rekindled a desire for change amongst lower - working class citizens, as their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debate.

«Mark will ensure the U.S. House of Representatives keeps its eye on what matters — putting Americans back to work, protecting Medicare and Social Security for senior citizens, and helping the nation's middle class regain lost ground.

«Mine is a mission for a Nigeria where no one will be treated like a second class citizen and we can only achieve that if we have leaders that will not be a champion of nepotism like President Buhari.»

PRONACO; the main citizens» movement advocating for national restructuring based on democratic self determination and peoples» ownership of the Nigerian constitution said the interjection of the political class has reignited hope for national cohesion and political stability in the country