We will also need a public, political and diplomatic offensive whose aim must be the early resolution of some of the world's thorniest problems: above all the battle between Israel and the Palestinian people for space, dignity, recognition and survival.
In this moment, I am most in touch with the power of symbols and the impact of publicly conferring (or withholding) dignity, recognition, and inclusion on those who live our/their lives in the many different margins that constitute our civic body.
Black said "there is absolutely no evidence that the state of Ohio or its citizens will be harmed" by his ruling but that without it, the harm would be severe for two men who filed the lawsuit because it would strip them of the dignity and recognition given to opposite-sex couples.
Daily life is their battlefield, and they not only fight for their families and significant others but also for self, love, dignity, and recognition as a human.
The question is whether our communities are sufficiently nourishing our social selves with dignity and recognition.
But her story of mistreatment was real, she was authentic, and in a state where Latino activists have spent years registering and educating voters on a shoestring -- we applaud Nikki for the Lion's courage to demand dignity and recognition for all hard working Latinos, and the countless contributions to our state regardless of immigration status.
Respect for autonomy is expanded to become respect for dignity and recognition of worth.
When the good state of Iowa conferred the dignity of civic recognition on my parents' relationship — a relationship some members of their own families thought was deviant and immoral, that the civil authorities of Nebraska had tried to destroy, and that even some of my mom's college-educated friends believed would produce children striped like zebras — our family began.
Patterns of administrative appointment may create the initial conditions for workplace inequality but the character of the boundaries that form between workers, profoundly shape the experience of inequality and conditions of participation, in terms of the dignity and social recognition laborers of different sorts receive.
The state, the court ruled, "used its historic and essential authority to define the marital relation in this way, its role and its power in making the decision enhanced the recognition, dignity, and protection of the class in their own community".
Remember, the kids he talked about in his speeches came from my area and he was there to help - and not just help us get married but to have some damned dignity and basic recognitions.
