Sentences with phrase «given equal rights»

The problem is not that Aboriginal people were given equal rights and treated like everyone else.

Today, women are given equal rights and freedom.

They are given equal rights with their masters and are more esteemed than a wife.

Are all units or shares given equal rights and treatment?

And he says it may be time to consider an alternative solution: a single state with Israelis and Palestinians given equal rights.

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.

It will soon lose again when gays are given equal rights.

Like when women were given equal rights instead of what the Bible said.

Had they voted to give equal rights to the pro choice proponents, this would not have been an issue.

Joseph Smith Writes in His Personal Journal that Slaves Should be Set Free He writes that the slaves owned by Mormons should be brought «into a free country and set... free — Educate them and give them equal rights.»

When asked if dads should get the same time off as mothers after the birth of their child he replied: «I don't see why not, a child has two parents often and actually to give them both equal rights is a good thing.

And also like someone before me said when Muslims are ready to give equal rights to women (examine your own marriage and divorce contracts) then maybe rest of teh world can feel taht they are part of the same society.

As I flew back from Dublin to Edinburgh I read the Sunday edition of the Irish Independent the headline of which was «POLL: Act Now on Abortion say voters» with the story continuing: «The most seismic shift [in the Irish public's attitude to abortion] is that a clear majority (56 %) now favour a new referendum to repeal the current position, which gives equal right to life to the mother and foetus.»

; «Give equal rights to Pakistani Christians!»

Yes, but churches have also collected tens of millions of dollars just to fight giving equal rights to all Americans.

Voters will be asked whether they want to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which gives equal right to life to the mother and the unborn, and replace it with new wording to allow parliament to legislate on abortion in the future.

«This national reckoning on sexual harassment is showing us why we need to elect more women and finally give them equal rights under the law, including equal pay,» Slaughter said.

Dan talks about giving equal right to access the ballot for the roughly 20 % of the voters with no party preference.

When I have had these books printed I set up a «format» for the Scripture quotes giving them an equal right / left indent with justification.

Trying to give equal rights to women artists and women in general is a huge thing that needs to be done.

One parent may obtain full custody, making the other person a non-custodial parent, or they may be deemed joint custodians, giving them equal rights and responsibilities.

Not exact matches

In the event of a change of control (as defined in the plan), the compensation committee may, in its discretion, provide for any or all of the following actions: (i) awards may be continued, assumed, or substituted with new rights, (ii) awards may be purchased for cash equal to the excess (if any) of the highest price per share of common stock paid in the change in control transaction over the aggregate exercise price of such awards, (iii) outstanding and unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights may be terminated, prior to the change in control (in which case holders of such unvested awards would be given notice and the opportunity to exercise such awards), or (iv) vesting or lapse of restrictions may be accelerated.

Democracy also gives a place for everyone to be equal and have the same levity of speech, rights and opportunity.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

To be moral means that you do the right honorable honest thing and that includes giving gays their EQUAL civil rights.

Equal weight has also been given to the acceptance of basic rights and freedoms, as well as positive reinforcement of ethically acceptable behavior though rote and example, all though childhood and early adulthood.

Not to go back to my Twilight an alogy but regardless how many fan's you get together who want to believe in vampires, the burden of proof rests with them if they want everyone else to accept their belief and adopt laws giving vampires equal rights.

Giving someone equal rights does not infringe or take rights away from you.

In fact, it is precisely the ethic of equal regard which gives a marital partner the right and responsibility to resist abuse.

just give the atheists an equal right.

So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights «The oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light» Now there's no more oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe and saw

Schlafly, again nearly single - handedly, managed to stop the feminist - backed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution dead in its tracks in 1982 — a startling feat, given that the ERA had the backing of nearly the entire political and intellectual establishment, Republicans included, and had garnered ratification votes during the 1970s from thirty - five of the necessary thirty - eight states.

«Though the road to full equality for LGBT Americans is long, the example set by those fighting for equal rights in the United States gives hope to men and women around the world -LSB-...]

If people like you would stop with the bigotry and give these people equal rights, they'd be able to live normally.

Although the young Graham refused to countenance segregated seating in his crusades (often at the price of sullen resistance from white supporters), he seems to have expended equal energy urging civil rights protesters to go slow — giving credence to Reinhold Niebuhr's charge that he expected Christians to give up peccadillos like smoking and cussing overnight, but overcoming racism might understandably take a while.

When these rights are deemed to come into conflict with human activities, nature must be given equal consideration.

For the right to critique Christian theological understandings of Judaism there is not a reciprocal obligation for Jews to give Christians an «equal opportunity.»

One of his innovations was to give women equal right to pray and to exhort at a revival meeting.

«The God who gave us life gave us liberty,» Thomas Jefferson exclaimed, the same point he made in the text of the Declaration of Independence when declaiming on men's equal and inalienable rights.

Empower your partner Give your construction management firm the right tools and ample confidence to take equal ownership of the process and the outcome.

Cazorla gets 2 yellows for 2 fouls while Ivanovic done 3 fouls which I believed to be equal to Cazorlas and he only got 1 for persistant fouling, Cazorla fouled the player and a free kick was right but I believed he was too eager to give Arsenal players cards when the oppertunity came up.

If heterosexuals hadn't given themselves a thousand benefits and denied «perverts» equal rights, gay men, anyway, would never have demanded it — and declared war on society to get it.

But Lyndon Johnson stepped up to give Blacks their equal rights.

And we'll give money to a guy who doesn't think we deserve equal rights.»

Given that it took the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution over 200 years to be ratified, would the Equal Rights Amendment that is currently three states short of the required 38 states need to start the entire process over again given that the deadline written into the initial law has been exceGiven that it took the 27th Amendment to the United States Constitution over 200 years to be ratified, would the Equal Rights Amendment that is currently three states short of the required 38 states need to start the entire process over again given that the deadline written into the initial law has been excegiven that the deadline written into the initial law has been exceeded?

He is unabashedly pro-choice, and once told a group of women attending an Equal Rights Amendment rally in Washington, D.C. that they would be better off giving their political contributions to Democrats instead of Republicans.

The PM's position previously had been that civil partnerships give equal legal rights to gay couples, and that he was opposed to gay marriage.

Devolving major decisions in this way would prevent a loud minority blocking infrastructure investment while also giving everyone affected an equal right to have their say.

He demanded union party members should be given the right to choose Labour candidates in constituencies, have an «equal say» in the election of the party leader and the «right to a level playing field in the party where their views and votes count as much» as other party members.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn said «every voter must be given equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote.»