Not exact matches
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.
don't you, doesn't everyone think that all people in the US deserve
equal protection under the
law,
equal rights,
equal consideration?
In 2006, when the New York State Court of Appeals shamefully ruled that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community
did not have
equal protection under the
law in relation to Marriage Equality, I predicted that passing legislation to right this wrong in the State Senate would be a profound personal and sadly political battle.
However, this effort failed in 1973 as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling in San Antonio v. Rodriquez that such claims
did not have a basis
under federal
equal protection laws.
78 However, the absence of such an autonomous and uniform definition
under European Union
law of the concepts of social security, social assistance and social
protection and the reference to national
law in Article 11 (1)(d) of Directive 2003/109 concerning those concepts
do not mean that the Member States may undermine the effectiveness of Directive 2003/109 when applying the principle of
equal treatment provided for in that provision.
I note that the drafters of the Charter were clearly aware of this ambiguity, as they certainly didn't impose on governments the general obligation to treat citizens equally in drafting section 15 (1)-- they made a point of defining equality as equality before and
under the
law, including the right to
equal protection and benefit of the
law.
«I would like the discussion to turn on what role
does the 14th Amendment, the Voting Rights Act, 15th Amendment play» — the guarantees of
equal protection under the
law and of the right of African - Americans to vote.
The rights which persons belonging to minorities enjoy
under Article 27 of the Covenant in respect of their language, culture and religion
do not authorise any State, group or person to violate the right to the
equal enjoyment by women of any Covenant rights, including the right to
equal protection of the
law.