Sentences with phrase «for equal treatment under the law»

I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment of the population that is hurting no one and just looking for equal treatment under the law.

atomD21 I have come to the realization that you can not call yourself a follower of Christ, or Christian, and actively discriminate against a whole segment of the population that is hurting no one and just looking for equal treatment under the law.

He has also gone out of his way to condemn court rulings (New Jersey's, for example) that called for equal treatment under the law for same - sex couples.

Not exact matches

Are you equating someone offering a discount on an oil change for spouting off a Bible verse... vs. allowing people who happen to be of the same gender, who love and care for each other and want... and... are deserving of equal civil rights and equal treatment under the law... as = to being the «same thing»...?

Through a series of brief questions at the end of his book, Sigmund invites liberation theologians to seek ways of fusing capitalist market «efficiency» with the «preferential love for the poor,» to consider how private property is not always oppression but may in fact free people from it, to develop liberalism's ideal of «equal treatment under the law,» to nurture the «fragile new democracies» in Latin America, and, finally, to develop «a spirituality of socially concerned democracy, whether capitalist or socialist in its economic form,» rather than «denouncing dependency, imperialism, and capitalist exploitation.»

Further, the concept of equal treatment under the law doesn't allow for qualifiers; it either exists, or you are violating individual liberties of a disfavored majority.

«I entered this race because women deserve equal treatment under the law, the minimum wage should not be a poverty wage, elections should not be for sale to the highest bidder and our air and water deserve protection,» Kessner said in a statement.

It's time for him to take a stand on the basic civil right of equal treatment under the law.

StudentsFirstNY stands with our allies in the charter school sector in asking for equality for charter schools: equal funding, equal access to facilities and equal treatment under the law.

A majority of U.S. states have localities with breed - specific legislation, a shocking violation of equal treatment under the law for pet owners.

The Fund for Women's Equality, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization, promotes legal and lived equality in the United States by increasing public understanding of the need for comprehensive, fair and equal treatment of women and girls under the law and the need to end sex inequality in all its forms.

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.

On other issues: Both Democrats support the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), hate crimes legislation, coverage for domestic partners under the Family and Medical Leave Act, equal treatment of gay couples under tax laws, and repeal of the military's «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» policy.

The landmark judgment, P v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2017] UKSC 65, concerns the directly eff ective right of police offi cers under EU law to have the principle of equal treatment in relation to employment and working conditions applied to their circumstances.

He has recently been involved in matters raising a wide variety of EU law issues, including the implementation of the common agricultural policy; the compatibility with EU law of a residency requirement for entitlement to tuition fee support, a minimum price for alcohol, and plain - packaging for tobacco products; the designation of special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; and the compatibility of religious further education colleges with the Equal Treatment Directive.

Today's vote is a major step forward for the American principle of equal treatment under the law,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.