In the 19th century, the Democratic idea of equality meant opposition to government interventions in economic life because these tended to favor the wealthy and powerful.
The state may have ended its fight against racial equality, but is now a leader of opposition to gay marriage, for many the new frontier of the civil-rights movement.
It is worth recalling that reforms relating to the national minimum wage, health and safety and gender equality were imposed in the teeth of opposition, even though they enhanced confidence in corporations.
The ballot initiative now facing Californians was in the works for a long time before the Court's May 15 ruling, and the signatures gathered for it simply aren't evidence of a groundswell of opposition to marriage equality or hostility to the ruling.
Then of course we suffered the horrors of section 28 and the visceral opposition to equality of the age of consent.
It is the mind or intellect that conceptualizes the processes of action and reaction, equality and opposition, and perhaps attraction and repulsion.
As the movement for equality gains traction and momentum, can we expect to see fewer public displays of opposition to gay rights?
These embraced a wide range of causes, including support for abortion, euthanasia and sex equality, and opposition to the death penalty, nuclear power and war.
"While Senator Hagel's recent professed support for gay military families is encouraging, it stands at odds with his record of opposition to the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell and his broader record of opposition to equality for gay and lesbian Americans," Angelo continued.
often actually work in opposition to the furthered equality of women.
