Sentences with phrase «more justice and equality»

There is a lot of terrible stuff going on, but I do think the long - term trendiness are moving toward more justice and equality.

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Ultimately, looking more deeply and broadly into the foundations of the contesting positions on commercial surrogacy and the sex trade leads to the realization that even those who are committed to gender equality and social justice should reconsider the advisability of undermining the core concept of consent, and the desirability of criminal prohibitions.

«It's even more important that Uber build a company that reflects the multi-racial, multi-cultural character of Oakland and the East Bay community, and its tradition of advocating for racial equality and economic justice.»

No argument is more effective in promoting gay marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern for the underprivileged and marginalized lies at the heart of our Judeo - Christian heritage.

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A democratic political system makes possible both more equality and more liberty in the right sense, and hence more justice, than any other alternative system.

Democracy, freedom, justice, and equality, which had more or less prevailed under Umar, were silenced by Uthman's rule.

He argues convincingly that for all the neo-Darwinian atheists» claim that man is no more than the result of blind scientific forces, they have to wriggle to claim, as they do, some place for justice, equality and political fairness.

Smith's response is worth reading, as an early exercise in that question of religious faith and national loyalty that continues to be asked of Catholics, if today usually in indirect but more aggressive ways, like «How could you refuse our version of equality and justice and not provide contraceptives to your employees?»

By citing historical instances of religion - based bigotry and prejudice, you allow people to be more comfortable with atudinal change — they realize they are not stepping out alone against a commonly accepted viewpoint but rather following historical progress toward justice and equality.

«Well beyond the remarkable leadership he's provided on education, Robert has been an effective fighter for tenants» rights and more affordable housing, fair wages and job training, and for equality and basic justice for all.

While the dinner — ESPA's biggest annual fundraiser that nets more than $ 1 million — is in part a celebration of the passage of gay marriage bill, organizers also want to «build a base to protect our victory and continue the fight for equality and justice.»

However, nowhere was this powerful belief in equality more clear than at Monday's «Equality and Justice Day» rally in Albany, where citizens from across our state came together and demanded equality under law in one unified voice.

Achieving gender equality, social justice, and environmental sustainability is not going to be achieved without people like you agitating for change, whether in your workplace, in politics, or more broadly in society.

In Young Mr Lincoln (1939) director John Ford and actor Henry Fonda used a relatively minor episode in Lincoln's life to demonstrate far more convincingly and compelling how his personal convictions about equality, justice and democracy influenced his actions.

An opportunity to build a more justice and equitable in terms of protecting the rights of women and make gender equality is the standard adopted in the institutional and social framework.

This less technical view aligns more closely with increasing calls for music provision which promotes equality and social justice (Butler, Lind, & McKoy, 2007).

It is crucial to recognize that «reformers,» not educators, have driven this shift: In a 2008 survey, for instance, education pollsters Steve Farkas and Anne Duffett asked, «For the public schools to help the U.S. live up to its ideals of justice and equality, do you think it's more important that they focus equally on all students regardless of their backgrounds or achievement levels... or disadvantaged students who are struggling academically?»

«Like you, I believe education is a civil rights issue,» Wareing wrote, «but consigning other people's kids to dilapidated buildings and / or schools that have not gotten the job done for a decade or more, and / or schools that are so small that they can not sustain quality programming doesn't further the causes of civil rights, equality, and justice.»

I think myself being gay has made me more sensitive to issues of justice and equality, and visibility for the underdog or the outsider.»

Though always engaged with themes relating to social justice and racial equality in his work, Lewis turned to a more abstract, personal expression in the mid-1940s after joining Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning — the group of downtown artist who would become the Abstract Expressionists.

After all, we would argue that being able to read at an advanced level, or having access to a lawyer are far greater advantages than access to a computer and, if such is the case, then the status quo is much more problematic with regard to the equality of arms principle that is a building block towards access to justice than any well conceived online platform could ever be.

Members have long been known for appearing in landmark decisions in complex discrimination and equality cases, from Seymour - Smith through to more recent cases such as O'Brien v Ministry of Justice and Council of Immigration Judges (where Monckton members appeared on both sides).

In more recent years, we have represented clients in every major case in which the Supreme Court of Canada has dealt with the Charter equality rights of gay men and lesbians including, among others, Egan v. Canada, Vriend v. Alberta, M. v. H., and Little Sisters Book & Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice).