Specific examples do not make encompassing statistics. There are plenty of black entertainers that are successful. Some women do make more money than their male counterparts. Some American Muslims are terrorists.

Prejudice is rampant all over the world. But... It is a personal and specific thing not a national decree. Its the nature of some of the people but not all.

When Denny was beaten, there were people from all walks of life that protested on both sides of the fence. The nation as a whole didn't say "Good" or "Bad".

When someone isolates specific injustices and uses them to incite malcontent they are trying to promote division instead of union.
While those injustices are sad or wrong, they are not our standard of living unless we all make it so.

Why promote and justify hatred?
It only teaches hatred.

If you go looking for injustice you will find it.
Try looking at the good people do instead of existing in a world of hatred.

Agreed.

It is a decree of intent not a decree of rule.
Guidelines to be used to unite a nation of people.

Society is an agreement of the people that make up that society.
Government is there to consolidate the societies that make up the nation, not to dictate.

The 2nd amendment says you have the right to bear arms not that you must bear arms. Repealing that right dictates what you can and can't do.

In a society, the people of that society dictate what can and can't be done by those that make up that society.
Our nation represents the citizens of this country.
Government is supposed to consolidate policies established by the society of the people of this nation to apply to all.
It 'Governs' the actions of the individuals that compose the national society. Those actions are supposed to be determined by the individuals of the society being governed, in agreement.

A government is not a government unless the people agree to it. It doesn't matter if its a democracy, communist, dictatorship or kingdom.
Even in a dicatorship that rules by threat of death is an agreement of the people existing within that society. If they don't agree, there is revolution and civil war.

If laws are unjust to all the people of the nation they need to be changed. If they are unjust to some of the people then new laws that encompass all people of that nation should be written as long as the society of that nation agree.

don't confuse societal issues with constitutional ones...it sounds like ur asking for a government mandate to "fix" society...so what ur asking for is tyranny which the constitution protects us from...racism and the acts that derive from it are people straying from constitutional ideals not from us as a society adhering to them...if u want to make it illegal to be an idiot then 75% of this country will have to be shot or deported...sounds kind of like you would prefer communism which surprises me man

Maybe I am lost but what about it excludes any citizen? Or is this for some special rights? Which amendment, specifically, is the problem?

Tom4UHere,

well maybe it would create a little uncomfortably, but have you ever heard the expression " Anything You Believe In Its Worth Fighting For!". if we want to change laws & bills we must get educated, then gather liked minds and move forward. I believe the people has the power to do it. Tom, do you believe you a great man? I do. I believe you are a great man.

37KO,
That's exactly what I'm doing? change is nigh. if they want to create a new world order, one government system, one human race, then it would have to start by abolishing bills & old promises of the old world and make new ones, but make it applies to everyone!

Tom4UHere,

Hey Tom remember you said slavery is illegal, well now let me you tell you whats happening right now if you convicted and sentenced to prison don't you know the state has the right to use you as a slave to hard work....put you in mind of the chain gangs. they about to start using inmates to do work that law abiding citizens wouldn't do.

Years ago I got arrested for evading police on a 4 wheeler.
I had a choice of community service or jail.
I chose community service.
I was forced to work in a grave yard, pick up trash on the highway and clear drainage ditches. I would never choose to do any of those things but since I broke the law I had no choice, do it or lose my freedom.

Convicts lose their rights as citizens until they serve their punishment. Its a choice to do the crime. With slavery there is no choice.
How could you think that punishment for a crime is the same as slavery?
Your quip makes no logical sense to me?

You are mistaken, I am not a great man, I am just a man.
Many things I believe in require no fight.

I volunteered for military service because I believe in what my flag stands for and the people that it represents. I was prepared to give my life for those beliefs, even if I disagreed with why. I know people that did give their lives for the same beliefs. Many did not know why either. They were asked of and did what was needed.

Change will always be in the power of the people. If you look around at the people and not question the change, mistakes will be made.

If all you do is complain about it and never offer a solution you are part of the problem not part of the solution. Stop being part of the problem.
~ paraphrased from Die Hard, John McClain

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

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