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January 30, 2005

Spending More Time on My Research, Opinion Still Stands

Civil Rights
plural, noun.

"The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and by subsequent acts of Congress, including civil liberties, due process, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from discrimination."


AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.

Section 1.
"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."

The president's quote once again:

"Civil rights is making sure that all aspects of our society..... are open for everyone."

Right on.

Since there seems to have been some confusion over what I was trying to say about the Bush quote the other day, I just want to clear something up. I for one, AGREE with what the president said at the recent press conference. However, I find it disingenuous that he would stand up there and say that "all aspects of society should be open to everyone" while everyone knows that in parentheses he should be adding ("er.....except if you're gay, of course.") Everyone knows that is what he thinks so why bother to say such a thing to the American public if it's not what he really believes?

So there you have it. I agree with George Bush. I simply want him to stand by what he says.

Screen wipe. New scene.

*Comments are off for a while so I can take a break from all the name calling and finger pointing. Fear not, you can resume calling me illiterate and immoral in a few days.

Posted by Tracey Gessner at January 30, 2005 12:01 PM