For thousands of years, women had been virtually silent. They were forced to depend on their husbands for financial support. It wasn’t until the Woman’s Suffrage Movement that women finally demanded equality. As a result of the Woman’s Rights Movement, women were able to do anything such as vote and go to work. Even then, women were still being deprived of employment because they were seen as weak and helpless. In the case of Dothard v. Rawlinson (1977), Dianne Rawlinson was denied a corrections facility position based on the fact that she did not meet the weight and height requirements. She appealed to the Supreme Court and they ruled in Rawlinson’s favor, stating that the requirement

s discriminated against women. The Supreme Court’s decision helped establish that women were being denied the freedom that many had worked hard to receive years earlier. This “landmark” case helped open doors to women who wanted to be treated equally at jobs that were made exclusively for men, especially upper-class, white men.

Homosexuality is often seen as immoral. At one point in time,homosexuality was even considered to be a criminal act. In the court case of Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), one man was convicted of participating in sexual acts with another man. Michael Hardwick, an employee of a gay bar in Atlanta, was stopped by an officer for allegedly (my italics) drinking in public. The officer only gave him a ticket because he knew that Hardwick was a homosexual. The next day, the officer unlawfully entered Hardwick’s home and caught a glimpse of Hardwick and another man engaging in sexual acts. He was then arrested for violating Georgia’s sodomy laws. Hardwick challenged the constitutionality of these sodomy laws, but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state of Georgia. As of today, all anti-sodomy laws are now deemed unconstitutional. So, now we are moving in the right direction, right? Wrong. In the State of the Union Address, delivered on January 20, 2004, President George W. Bush, a steadfast and unyielding republican, expressed his republican views on gay marriage. He openly opposed the legality of gay unions saying that it would go against the “sanctity of marriage.” Well, that all depends on what kind of marriage he is

referring to. For instance, many people consider common-law marriages to be very legitimate. In Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, common-law marriages are defined as marriages not contracted through a religious or civil ceremony

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