Equal Dignity for all humans//Amendments 13, 14, 15//
That should read, equal dignity for ALL LIVING THINGS. But it doesn't.
"Equal dignity for all, in the eyes of the legal system." The constitution grants equal dignity under the 14th Amendment."
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth granted citizenship to people once enslaved, and the Fifteenth guaranteed black men ("women" in 1868 were second class citizens and didn't have rights!
Moreover, UNTIL THE 1970's women were not permitted loans from banks - before 1970, if a woman didn't have payment in full, they couldn't buy whatever it was, not even a house)
the 15th Amendment gave black men (and all other ethnicities of men) the right to vote - "white" men already had the right to vote in U.S.
The Fourteenth Amendment was originally used to grant citizenship and protection of the civil liberties of recently freed slaves back in 1868.
Instead it also granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States and prohibited any and all states from denying the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S. (i.e. if you can do something in one state, then another state is supposed to let you do it as well, i.e. driving licenses can transfer state to state),
it prohibits depriving any citizen life, liberty, or property
without due process of law, or denying to any citizen within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ("No state shall make or enforce any law which shall deny the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.") Then the question becomes, What defines the moment when one becomes a person? When does "personhood" begin? Is there a personhood of the embryo? Shouldn't ALL living things have rights? Children were protected under laws protecting proper treatment of animals, until specific law protecting human children was finally enacted in 1920.
"Equal dignity for all, in the eyes of the legal system." The constitution grants equal dignity under the 14th Amendment."
The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth granted citizenship to people once enslaved, and the Fifteenth guaranteed black men ("women" in 1868 were second class citizens and didn't have rights!
Moreover, UNTIL THE 1970's women were not permitted loans from banks - before 1970, if a woman didn't have payment in full, they couldn't buy whatever it was, not even a house)
the 15th Amendment gave black men (and all other ethnicities of men) the right to vote - "white" men already had the right to vote in U.S.
The Fourteenth Amendment was originally used to grant citizenship and protection of the civil liberties of recently freed slaves back in 1868.
Instead it also granted citizenship to anyone born in the United States and prohibited any and all states from denying the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U.S. (i.e. if you can do something in one state, then another state is supposed to let you do it as well, i.e. driving licenses can transfer state to state),
it prohibits depriving any citizen life, liberty, or property
without due process of law, or denying to any citizen within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ("No state shall make or enforce any law which shall deny the privileges or
immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.") Then the question becomes, What defines the moment when one becomes a person? When does "personhood" begin? Is there a personhood of the embryo? Shouldn't ALL living things have rights? Children were protected under laws protecting proper treatment of animals, until specific law protecting human children was finally enacted in 1920.
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It should be every living thing. I didn\'t know women couldn\'t get loans until 1970! Scarlet stuff. Tks.
freedom, citizenship, voting and i guess people are still fighting for these things, even here.