Despite the continuous struggles of minorities in this country, this great land continues in its cycle of oppression. As America sails into the new millennia and a new era begins, so does a new chain of subjugation. The issue, this time, is whether there should be a constitutional amendment to define marriage as being "between a man and a woman."" Not only does this defy the 14th amendment, but it also sets a precedent making homosexuals second class citizens. Those in favor of a "marriage protection- amendment will use tradition and morality as foundation for their arguments. However, the United States itself was founded on a break from tradition, and the Constitution was written to protect rights of every American individual, not to deny them. .
The14th amendment states: .
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
This means that all US citizens are created equal and have equal rights despite the opinion of the majority. Marriage is a privilege of American citizens, and it allows several immunities from taxes and federal laws. .
If an amendment to ban Gay marriage is instated, it will be the first time that the Constitution will have been used to transform a minority in the United States into second class citizens. Time after time the Constitution has been used to protect those who needed it. Women were second rate citizens, property, before the Constitution stepped in to protect them. African Americans suffered the same fate. The Constitution was made as a frame of rules to protect every single American citizen despite race, religion, gender, or creed.
America-- The great land of freedom. Despite the continuous struggles of minorities in this country, this great land continues in its cycle of oppression. As America sails into the new millennia and a new era begins, so does a new chain of subjugation. The issue, this time, is whether there should ...
If this never occurred we would have never been involved in the Korean War which was a complete slaughter of innocent American soldiers forced to fight for freedom. ... As for Europe, would we have ever witnessed the crumbling of the Berlin wall. ... The lack of funds and pure human nature of the desire to be free would crumble it and destroy it which time has proven without interference it will happen on it's own. ...
Locke says that all men have the freedom to life, liberty, and his estate. Jefferson claims that all men have the freedom to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... Both these men talk about overthrowing the government if it fails or crumbles and finding a new one to replace it. ...
Most important, however, is that the American public is forced to sit and watch their lives crumble into a ball, rolled by our "higher power". ... For example, people have the freedom of religion. ... This will give people the freedom to live by what they beleive. ...
It is a freedom that fills her eyes with light, changing them from somber lifeless orbs to glowing lanterns of life. ... This new freedom opens her eyes to old sights and sensations, yet gives them new meaning. ... Mallard lets out a blood curdling scream as the emotional agony of having her freedom torn from her becomes a reality. ... Mallard crumbles under the weight of her pain. ...
When Dracula dies, according to Mina Harker, "before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumbled into dust and passed from our sight" (Stoker 398). ... Dust also symbolizes being set free and Christian freedom. Death equaling freedom is the next thing Dracula and Jesus Christ have in common. ...
3) How did they feel about freedom? ... How did they feel about freedom? This word freedom is one of the most powerful words ever spoken during this time. The drive to achieve freedom was on every slaves mind. ... Without this basis their communities would have crumble, as well as their hope for freedom. ...
The treatment of Japanese Canadians during the war was an unjustified act on the part of the Canadian government and due to the Charter of Rights and Freedom the act committed by the government would not be tolerated by anyone in today's modern society. ... In Obasan, Aunt Emily states "we're hit so many ways at one time that if I wasn't past feeling, I think I would crumble.... "Before the Charter [of Rights and Freedoms], there was often unfair laws passed by an elected government.... With the new Charter in place, Canadian society had a clear recognition of human r...
Both forms of governments govern to the majority and have their own principles; democracy's is freedom, while oligarchy's is wealth. To obtain polity, one must gain common ground and "attempt to unite the freedom of the poor and the wealth of the rich, who commonly take the place of the noble"(Aristotle 70). Once united, the three grounds reached are: freedom, wealth, and virtue. ... If the people are not satisfied, the government will crumble. ...
