Religious law

Transgender (LGBQT) community repeatedly fight for equality but remain to be a silent voice in the court system. Legally, same-sex couples are issued the right to get married and file as husband and wife in a civil union. Concerns that are targeted on religious beliefs, the safety of the children and development issues are problems that rise in this case approval. Adoption agencies require basic qualifications that specifically target marital status, age and residency of the individual. The case…

same-sex couples from being able to exercise that right of marriage. Legislation such as the Defense of Marriage Act. Hagai & Crosby (2016) posits that the endless campaign prior to the US Supreme Court justices voted in favor to strike down the laws of states that prevented same-sex couples from marrying. Liberalism was at the center of the vote to afford same-sex couples the right to marry. Those in consent were simply sending the message that marriage is a basic human…

rights to freedom and protection under the law. When the law denies its population these liberties, the nation must come together to alter social constructs and recover the societal balances no matter the losses along the way. In times of crisis such as these, the state follows the examples set forth for them by leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sojourner Truth. Both frontrunners fought for a united nation where the honest foundations of law relied on ensuring civil liberties and…

Jews in Germany and areas controlled by Hitler had their rights taken away and endured violence. In modern Europe, Muslims have the same rights as all other European citizens, and are sometimes even granted special accommodations because of their religious practices. Even though most people would agree that preventing actions of discrimination and violence as seen in the Holocaust is a desirable action, there is no risk that the persecution of Jews in the 20th century will be repeated against…

Laws, as explained before, are forced by a higher governmental office and if one breaks the law she can be prosecuted. As mentioned before, laws should be compatible with human fundamental rights. But everyone can set up rules for her own group and people are free to accept the rules and join the group (e.g. a company, a…

Criminal Justice System in America Early settlers came to America in search of religious freedom and freedom from oppression in many forms. In England members of other religions, such as Quakers, were often arrested on various charges and received unjust punishment. Although attempting to flee the often heavy handed laws and unjustified punishments, for the most part settlers brought the same practices of English common law to the new land. Around the 1670s, William Penn organized the first…

Tram 1 Tram Bui Ms.Mirlees Law CLU3M1-01 11 October 2015 The Canadian constitution is the country's supreme law and its “blueprint” takes control over all laws within the country as it sets specific guidelines for each Canadian individual regardless of how much or little power and wealth they possess. The constitution expresses how a country governs itself, and accommodates boundaries and rules that define what is a right or wrongful action of the government ( Ualawccsprod.…

illegal immigrants, etc. and are sympathetic towards people with low income. They have an open mind where they are ready to accept these things which religious people don’t. Therefore, they believe that people don’t need religion in order to be moralistic or to have good values. They also would want the government to serve the poor and make laws that benefits them and helps them grow stronger as they like equal and balanced power for everyone. They favor nature and environment and care what the…

The Civil rights are our rights as Americans to be free from any kind religious or political persecutions, and for our pursuit of happiness. When something is a civil rights issue, then that means it is something that takes away our freedom to believe in something or our right to think in some way or plainly an act that takes away our freedom. The reasons that gender violence isn’t treated as a civil rights issue is because people do not see it as a civil rights issue, even though it affects…

United States to change Cannabis laws by creating a loophole, allowing states to legalize the drug without any federal enforcement. Forty-five years in which alcohol abuse was on the rise and law-abiding citizens became criminals in federal penitentiaries. These advancements in drug use are only stepping stones. In order to create further change, these prohibitions must be broken as acts of civil disobedience. Current cannabis laws are based on racist and religious stereotypes,…