In their proposed bill, education for girls would be mandatory through secondary school, and women would have freedom of speech, freedom to vote and run for election, equal representation in Parliament and the judiciary, equal pay with men, and rights to financial independence and to own and inherit property.
As we gather with friends and family with a grateful toast to our servicemembers who defend our freedoms this 4th of July 2013, we celebrate our most sacred freedom -- the civic sacrament of voting.
If anything it shows they don't "hate our freedoms our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other".
When he addressed a joint session of Congress shortly after Sept. 11, he said that the "barbarians" who attacked the United States "hate our freedoms, our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other".
They hate our freedoms, our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other".
At the same time, Republicans in Florida and other states have employed the ruse of "religious freedom" to vote against protecting LGBTQ populations from workplace discrimination.
At the same time, there is a dangerous tendency to put democratic freedoms such as freedom of expression and thought and the freedom to vote, on an equal footing with far-reaching social requirements.
Those who believe in democracy ought to place the freedom to vote near the top of any list, and consider its removal a serious additional sanction.
But as Americans, we are endowed with the freedom to vote for the sort of democracy we want — not just at the ballot booth, but with our attention and energy.
His rationale for not exercising the wondrous freedom to vote is a straightforward sign of the times.
