civil rights

Within the United States, civil rights refer to a set of rights that are guaranteed to citizens by the constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion are but a few examples of civil rights.

Civil rights laws, however, are meaningless without the support of the executive branch and enforcement from Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies. Civil rights are guaranteed by the United States constitution but enforcing these rights often proves to be an ongoing task.

Civil rights can also address disability rights, as evidenced by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The rights of all citizens, irrespective of physical abilities are protected under civil rights laws.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “civil rights”

• Uganda proposing a "death to gay people" legislation

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 158
  Uganda proposes death penalty for HIV positive gays - Times Online Quote: Britain and Canada protested yesterday over a proposed law that would result in gays in Uganda being imprisoned for life or even executed. Gordon Brown followed Stephen Harper, the Canadian Prime Minister, in telling Uganda ...
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• New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 158
  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/ny..._r=1&th&emc=th Quote: ALBANY — The New York State Senate decisively rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed gay couples to wed, providing a major victory for those who oppose same-sex marriage and underscoring the deep and passionate ...
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• Immigration and the Economy

  
  I am a shadow — Authority: 130
  A new report by an economist from the University of California San Diego, has said that undocumented immigrants have very little impact on the economy. I’ll be quoating.There are about 8 million illegal immigrants working in the country, but they account for only about 5 percent of the civilian labor force. The vast ...
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• Cong. Susan Davis target of anti-Afghan war protesters

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 136
  CITY HEIGHTS, San Diego. In protest of President Obamas Afghanistan war escalation, a small crowd gathered at the corner of Fairmont and University Avenue to wave signs, chant, and signify their opposition by their presence. Congresswoman Susan Davis, who has offices nearby, was the target of the protest for her ...
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• THOT 4 2 DAY — 12.03.09

  
  JonClaytonBizBlog — Authority: 136
  If there is no struggle, there is no progress. — Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) American civil rights leader Share and Enjoy:
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• On Our Level

  
  Wake up and LIVE — Authority: 129
  The other night, I attended an interfaith service as part of World AIDS Day. Such occasions give rise to feelings of sadness in remembering lost friends, and anger at the bigotry that allowed so many to die. But what stood out for me was the moment when we heard a reading from the Gospel of Luke, in which the ...
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• New Yorkers Rally Against Senate’s Gay Marriage “Nay” Vote

  
  The New Civil Rights Movement — Authority: 129
  Neither Wind, Nor Rain, Nor Dark Of Night Deterred These Citizens From Their Task Less than three hours after today’s disastrous New York Senate vote, more than two hundred New Yorkers braved the wind, cold, and rain, and gathered under the bright lights of Times Square, to register their anger and disappointment ...
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• Report Examines Civil Rights During Bush Years

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  A review finds a significant drop in the enforcement of antidiscrimination laws after the Clinton administration.
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• So You Think You Can Douche

  
  Kicking Ass Ann Arbor — Authority: 138
  I believe that it’s a well established fact that Senate Republicans are the New York Yankees of douchebaggery: the 2009 World Champions. But sometimes, they find a way to lower the bar further than any of us thought possible. Just such an event occurred on October 6th. The Franken Amendment to the 2010 Defense ...
  9 hours ago

• Sprint fed customer GPS data to cops over 8 million times

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 158
  Quote: Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student at Indiana Universitys School of Informatics and Computing, has made public an audio recording of Sprint/Nextels Electronic Surveillance Manager describing how his company has provided GPS location data about its wireless customers to law enforcement ...
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• A disappointing vote in New York

  
  Gratuitous Violins — Authority: 126
  Another vote on gay marriage, another disappointment. This time, from the New York State Senate, which defeated a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage by a vote of 38 to 24. I am so angry at the "arguments" (in reality, the scare tactics) that opponents of gay marriage use: itll harm children and ...
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• Damn!

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 154
  In another illustration of the fact that dont need more democrats, but rather we need more good Democrats, the New York State Senate voted down marriage equity . 24-38, with 8 Dems, along with all the Phants voting pro-hate.
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• NY just says no to same-sex marriage

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 151
  December 2, 2009New York state Senate voted 38-24 against a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage.Both the state Assembly and the governor had supported the measure as well as New Yorkers in general.June: Quinnipiac 51-41November: Marist 51-42So it waits.States allowing civil unions/same-sex marriage
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• 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett and the Fairness in Arbitration Act

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 586
  Thanks to Dan, Sarah and all for inviting me to continue as a guest for awhile. They did not even require me to promise not to say any more about Ricci! I finished my Labor Law class with 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett. My position is that the case represented dysfunctional litigation in a number of ways. First, and ...
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  Lex Communis — Authority: 136
  DaccordAt Evangel, John Mark Reynolds explains why Christians should oppose the Ugandan law making homosexuality subject to the death penalty:Morally, the bill is bad for numerous reasons.First and most importantly, it places the life of the citizens of Uganda, fellow humans created God’s image, in peril for grossly ...
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• New York State of Mind

  
  Vast Variety — Authority: 418
  This afternoon the New York state Senate voted 24-38 against providing marriage equality to the people of New York. This, coupled with the defeat in Maine back in November, has made for a disappointing end to a year that started out well for the equality movement. Gains have been made, Connecticut, Vermont, New ...
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• New York nixes gay marriage: another grotesque blow to civil rights

  
  Ink and Virtue — Authority: 157
  
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• Lou Dobbs, Citizen Wells challenge, December 3, 2009, Lou ask the question, Obama not eligible, Billboard, Barack Obama not natural born citizen, US Constitution, Father Kenyan British, No birth certificate, Obama spends millions to avoid

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 568
  INTERNET BILLBOARD Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the ...
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• MLK

  
  Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more — Authority: 593
  MLK He died so you can call your girlfriend a “bitch” and a “hoe”.  He’s real proud of you. (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Sir, with all due respect about the use of language … Picture by: dunno source Caption by: xlxcx via Poster Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions
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• N.Y. Senate Votes Against Same-Sex Marriage Bill

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 707
  New York wasn’t able to go as far as even Iowa, as the New York State Senate shot down a bill Wednesday that would have made same-sex marriage legal in the Empire State. Not one Republican in the Albany chamber supported the bill, which was beaten by a vote of 38 to 24.  —KA The New York Times: In the end, ...
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