Sentences with phrase «many basic civil rights»

Then we can finally make some meaningful progress in regards to basic civil rights.

Rick - The religious reicht have * always * opposed * any * expansion of basic civil right to * anyone * outside of white, Christian men, excepting for those who didn't own property.

Arvo: In Loving Vs. Virginia, the supreme court held that «Marriage is one of the «basic civil rights of man,»»

It may be that Maggie Gallagher is wrong to contend that gay marriage will weaken marriage overall, but surely that does not make people like her into «homophobic» activists out to «deny gay and lesbian couples basic civil rights.»

There is a delicious irony in Christians complaining about having atheism forced on them, when everywhere you look there are Christian symbols, there are evangelists asking if we atheists have «heard the good news», and most infuriating, there are those who would deny basic civil rights to those who offend their Jesus.

Marriage is certainly viewed as a basic civil right among heterosexual couples, and President Obama believes that same right extends to gay and lesbian couples.

I think that someday evangelicals will look back and be sorry that they opposed granting these basic civil rights to their fellow citizens.

torching the mosque, retorching the mosque, not letting some people get same treatment because of the color of their skin, not letting some people basic civil right because of their style of living..

This thread has nothing to do with your favorite pass time of denying Muslims basic civil rights!

«Well, that's because the Religious Right opposes basic civil rights for gays and lesbians,» I tell myself.

I've been called a socialist and a baby - killer for voting for Barack Obama, an enemy of the Church for asking questions about biblical inerrancy, a Buddhist for reading Thich Nhat Hahn, and a raging liberal for supporting basic civil rights for gays and lesbians.

Remember this is a culture that had to argue over slavery and other basic civil rights, so the power of evil is still prevalent.

This very basic civil right would be equally applied to adoptees as to non-adoptees.

Marriage is one of the «basic civil rights of man», fundamental to our very existence and survival.

District Attorney Kathleen Rice believes the fight for equality for our LGBT communities is a battle for basic civil rights.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who is the only openly gay member of the state Senate, said the law «is an assault on basic civil rights.»

«Hopefully after you take care of those important things you can take up a basic civil right for a large portion of people,» Stewart said.

His grandmother lived with a disability, as well as his father (at the end of his life), He sees disability access as a basic civil right and pledged to work aggressively in support of this type of legislation if elected.

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

Does he support equal rights, or is he in lock - step with the Conservative Party's opposition to basic civil rights?»

«It is a creative solution to extend those basic civil rights across the state of New York.»

According to the Empire State Pride Agenda, «GENDA would extend basic civil rights protections to all New Yorkers based on their gender identity and expression.»

«We look forward to working with the Administration to quickly implement these regulations so transgender New Yorkers are protected from discrimination — a basic civil right that is long overdue,» Schaefer said in the statement.

The purpose of the amendment was to secure the basic civil rights of all citizens, regardless of race, and to give federal judges both...

For the purpose of assuring orderly and fair proceedings and to protect the basic civil rights of any accused person, the Board of Directors shall adopt and print rules of procedure and from time to time may amend these rules of procedure not inconsistent herewith for the conduct of such hearings, and such rules shall be binding upon the parties.

The origins of the blues lie in the vernacular culture of African Americans living in the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans around the turn of the twentieth century — people for whom slavery was a recent memory and basic civil rights were far in the future.

Additionally, I wonder how you have accounted for any variety of negative externalities associated with using fossil fuels — say environmental impacts, health impacts, and the opportunity costs of enriching the governments of totalitarian states deny vast swaths of their citizens access to basic civil rights — as a start.

We defend the wrongfully accused, protect your basic civil rights, and help to maintain your freedom, career, and reputation.

I am aware of basic civil rights, e.g. right to silence, but would like to know more specifically

The principles of habeas corpus, the rules against unreasonable detention, let alone basic civil rights, are potentially destined for the United States scrap heap if his purge of unregistered migrants is more than theatrical rhetoric.

This means any country that participates in the CLOUD act can't trample the basic civil rights afforded to us as citizens of the U.S. — and that rights of citizens in other countries can't be trampled by the U.S. government.

Not exact matches

The Declaration further invoked the Christian tradition of civil disobedience, affirming the right and at times the obligation to oppose injustice by refusing to comply with civil authority if it attempts to undermine these basic human rights: «We will fully and ungrudgingly render to Caesar what is Caesar's.

For the basic thrust of today's civil rights posture looks to the «signing, on a certain date, of a certain paper by the President,» or by a federal judge, to deliver freedom to blacks.

The issue of protecting the basic rights of persons from hostile or indifferent state governments was constitutionally resolved almost one hundred and fifty years ago in the Fourteenth Amendment, purchased with the blood of hundreds of thousands of American lives in the awful crucible of the Civil War.

Rather than drawing attention to the distinctiveness of the Judeo - Christian tradition, liberal civil religion is much more likely to include arguments about basic human rights and common human problems.

The Kenyan President stood up to the American President after his chastisement, and pointed out that Kenyans do not agree with the enlightened superiority of the superpower in question, and are concerned with much more basic aspects of civil society, and affirmed their right to govern their own nation.

But he lamented how Burma's people have suffered «and continue to suffer from civil conflict and hostilities», and insisted that everyone who calls Burma home deserves to have their basic human rights and dignity guaranteed.

While I agree with your basic sentiment, no significant strides in civil rights have happened in this country without federal action.

The neglect of basic social and economic rights undermines such civil and political rights as freedom of expression and freedom of association.

Brown notes the absurdity of the Democratic National Chairman's basic position that «there was no legitimate way for a candidate who opposed the civil rights bill to raise the quota issue.»

If you are a liberal, your map tells you that you should be impressed: people are practising their civil right to disagree in a civilized manner, because that is one of the basic freedoms the liberal map suggests all decent societies should protect.

I can think of more than a few presidential candidates who would benefit from watching this film, from Mitt «Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive» Romney to Ron «Lincoln was a despot» Paul to all the Democrats who didn't stand with Chris Dodd on the FISA bill.

He desegregated his family stores, helped a black man become a 4 start general, supported the NAACP with money and in other ways, and supported numerous Civil Rights laws before 1964, Be he was a libertarian and believed the 1964 act infringed went too far by infringing basic liberties.

Baldry goes on about altering the basic nature of marriage, which delivers «no obvious legal gains given the rights already conferred by civil partnerships.»

Marriage equality is an issue of civil rights, a basic issue of civil rights.»

«Their basic civil liberties are being taken away, their freedoms and their rights.»

No person should ever be denied their civil rights or the basic freedoms others can enjoy... I am fully committed to continuing the process of securing the 32 votes necessary for passage and ensuring that all New Yorkers can realize the right of marriage equality which is fundamentally theirs.»

«This abandonment of basic human and civil rights by those who once had the public trust led to water quality, safety and access issues that endangered the public health.

Never a particularly stylish or inventive director, Hudlin directs Marshall with smooth, competent, but ultimately anonymous efficiency, periodically dropping in clunky color desaturated, conflicting flashbacks better suited for second - or third - rate basic cable fare than a big - screen biopic of a Civil Rights pioneer.

In a number of countries, the basic principles of refugee protection are not upheld and many refugees have not been able to enjoy civil rights, including socioeconomic rights.