... , GLAD's Aaron Fricke v. Richard B Lynch case provided a milestone for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) students by establishing the violation of Fricke's First Amendment rights of association and free speech, as well as his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law. Ward won the case just in time for the two young men to attend their prom, free of ... the assumption that only gay males were suffering from it. Eventually, science caught up and realized that there were other demographics presenting with the same illness such as Haitian immigrants, IV...

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... to work were beaten severely until they changed their ways. In 19th century England, poverty was seen as caused by character weakness, not a social problem. (3) The Poor Law amendment act of 1834 was brutal, and forced poor people to live in "Work Houses". The poor law commission concentrated on the able-bodied poor, and did not take into consideration ... passed immediately after the civil war to help emancipated slaves obtain their newly won rights." (7) The civil rights act of 1964, the rehabilitation act of 1973, the fair housing amendment act of 1988 are three separate, but interrel...

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... zero ruling that segregation of public schools was a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The court decided that separate but equal was constitutional. The constitutional issue in this case was the 14th amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. Public schools could no longer be separated by race. African American children received the right to attend public schools and receive equal educational ... the bill encouraged desegregation of public schools and authorized the U.S. attorney general to file suits to force desegregation, but did not authorize busing to allow deseg...

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... constitutional terms, furthermore, requires an extraordinary, super-majority consensus of the people. "Civil rights," therefore, include only such rights as those enunciated in the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. Those who claim fundamental civil rights status for same sex marriage, however, can point to no similar societal--let alone constitutional--consensus. The prohibition of same-sex marriage does not ... same-sex marriages are approved either by court decision or legislative enactment, Hawaii may well be deciding the issue--not only for itself--but for other states as...

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