Sentences with phrase «not equal citizens»

It would shock some and perhaps not others who may be in the know, but they are not equal citizens.

Not exact matches

Equal human rights are for all citizens, not only for those of the Muslim faith!

In my view, that practice does not square with the First Amendment's promise that every citizen, irrespective of her religion, owns an equal share in her government.

«The government can not create an avenue of expression for one side of a contentious political issue while denying an equal opportunity to citizens with the opposite view.»

But don't they all have to do with how we relate to each other and to Jesus Christ — whether we relate vertically as child to parent, as serf to free person, as baron to king, as alien to citizen, as tribal member to colonial usurper, as subject - wife to master - husband, as Third World country to powerful nation, as sharecropper to landed gentry, as migrant laborer to union or employer, as novice nun to mother superior, as female to male, as poor parishioner to monsignor - pastor, and on and on; or whether we relate horizontally as the grown - up heir now equal to his father, as world citizen to world citizen, as worker to worker, as minister to minister, as partner wife to partner husband, as sister to sister, and sister to brother?

... one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level... In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable barriers, in democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to place.

Me being Gay is not the issue, the issue that I strive to fight for is my equal rights as a U.S citizen.

Popular sovereignty as the revolutionary principle is not based on the nation alone, but rather on a republican understanding of the social contract, where all citizens are equal and free.

We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one state... and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.»

Cuomo said there are a number of strong arguments the legislation is unconstitutional, pointing to states» rights to tax, citizens» rights not to be double taxed, and the Equal Protection Clause.

Also military vets do not want any amendments to the law as they believe the Second Amendment is equal for all citizens.

«It's disappointing that any candidate for Attorney General would believe that equal justice and equality under the law applies to some New York State citizens and not to all,» said Assembly Member Matt Titone (61st AD - Staten Island).

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

«I wish Erik the very best, and know that Governor Cuomo could not have appointed a better person to represent him to ensure all of New York's citizens have equal rights.»

The suit also makes an equal protection claim on behalf of the private citizens, arguing they will be deprived of representation if prisoners are counted at their last home addresses and not in the prison cells where they currently reside.

Now that it has pleased God to choose a minority man to rule, why not give him a chance if we are all equal citizens of our great country.

This message emphasises that not only is a «no» vote about the huge cost of AV, and the political consequences of changing our voting system, it is also about the fundamental right of every citizen to cast an equal vote.

This is not exactly what John Stuart Mill had in mind when he talked of an equal democracy representing every citizen in a proportionate manner.

The acclaimed science fiction author has written that practicing homosexuals should not be treated as equal citizens and has described gay rights as a «collective delusion.»

Don't we have an administration that does not see its black citizens as having the same equal rights that its white citizens do?

Though educators and the public will never agree on precisely what «citizen competence» demands of schooling, the best strategies for teaching reading, or the most appropriate curriculum for cultivating critical thinking or a sense of justice, most will agree that schools that teach or practice racism, deny boys and girls equal opportunities, or neglect mathematics do not merit public support.

In this time of crisis, that means that we offer all students — those who are citizens and those who are not; those who believe in one God and those who do not; those whose beliefs allow them to pledge allegiance to the flag and those whose beliefs allow them to pledge allegiance only to God — equal opportunity to express their love for, and loyalty to, their country.

For how can we become good citizens and empathize with those around us if we have not first begun to understand that our hearts have equal value to our thoughts?

Still, not every citizen has equal access to the polls.

So, I'm not suggesting that, immediately, all citizens of Earth must achieve equal per - capita emissions.

First, the overwhelming majority of Republican members of Congress have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge — a promise to the citizens of their State or district not to support any tax increase that is not offset by an equal reduction in other taxes.

Only recently, this Court had occasion to declare that a state law which denied equal enjoyment of property rights to a designated class of citizens of specified race and ancestry was not a legitimate exercise of the state's police power, but violated the guaranty of the equal protection of the laws.

A majority of these cases are brought by citizens with substantial complaints — persons who are physically or economically injured by torts or frauds or governmental infringement of their rights; persons who have been unjustly deprived of their liberty or their property; and persons who have not yet received the equal opportunity in education, employment, and pursuit of happiness that was the dream of our forefathers.

For this category of Union citizens, possessing sufficient resources not to become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system is a requirement for lawful residence, which subsequently grants equal treatment with regard to social benefits (para. 72 Brey).

Furthermore, this judgment leads to a more general question: are there more public functions or other parts of international law that can make an EU - citizen not equal to «normal» EU - citizens?

Even if we assume that citizens do not have an absolute right to re-entry, the Equal Protection Clause likely bars a religion - based criteria for citizen re-entry.

It found that only EU citizens (and not a third country national like a Zambrano carer) can rely on the nationality non-discrimination principle and the right to equal treatment.

Where the Minister certifies by notice, published in the Canada Gazette, that any country that is not a treaty country grants or has undertaken to grant, either by treaty, convention, agreement or law, to citizens of Canada, the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by this Act, the country shall, for the purpose of the rights conferred by this Act, be treated as if it were a country to which this Act extends, and the Minister may give a certificate, notwithstanding that the remedies for enforcing the rights, or the restrictions on the importation of copies of works, under the law of such country, differ from those in this Act.

It is useful because it is honest; because it leaves not even the most obscure and friendless citizen without means of obtaining justice from a neighbouring State; because it obviates occasions of quarrels between States on account of the claims of their respective citizens; because it recognizes and strongly rests on this great moral truth that justice is the same whether due from one man or a million, or from a million to one man; because it teaches and greatly appreciates the value of our free republican national government, which places all our citizens on an equal footing, and enables each and every of them to obtain justice without any danger of being overborne by the weight and number of their opponents; and because it brings into action and enforces this great and glorious principle — that the people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that fellow citizens and joint sovereigns can not be degraded by appearing with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.

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.

The Supreme Court based its decision on the fact that prohibiting same - sex marriages constitutes a violation of the 14th amendment, because rights were not granted to all US Citizens by equal.

Thus, as the Commission has rightly pointed out, the very wording of Article 24 (2) of that directive shows that it is only during the first three months of residence that, by way of derogation from the principle of equal treatment set out in Article 24 (1), the host Member State is not to be under an obligation to confer entitlement to social assistance on Union citizens who do not or no longer have worker status.

56 In a similar vein, Article 24 (2) of Directive 2004/38 allows a derogation from the principle of equal treatment enjoyed by Union citizens other than workers, self - employed persons, persons who retain such status and members of their families who reside within the territory of the host Member State, by permitting that State not to confer entitlement to social assistance, in particular for the first three months of residence (see Joined Cases C ‑ 22 / 08 and C ‑ 23 / 08 Vatsouras and Koupatantze [2009] ECR I ‑ 4585, paragraphs 34 and 35).

The court in Warth expounded that:»... when the asserted harm is a generalized grievance [such as so - called traffic cases] shared in substantially equal measure by all or a large class of citizens [People] that harm alone normally does not warrant exercise of jurisdiction [citation omitted].

And yet it potentially involves introducing measures that undermine the rule of law and that do not guarantee Aboriginal citizens equal treatment to other Australians.