Surely the time has come to apply these civilized assumptions to an overthrow of "don't ask, don't tell," a policy that shamefully deprives law-abiding men and women of protection, dignity and respect.
We're demanding protection, dignity and respect ― and that's something that we deserve as human beings.
He has coined a term for the new era of constitutional protections, "equal dignity".
It is time you demanded your birthright, which is the modern welfare state where everyone's life is afforded protection and dignity.
They mean that healthcare professionals can make the best use of available space to give maximum privacy, protection and dignity to patients.
And while New York, by recognizing and authorizing same-sex marriages, "sought to give further protection and dignity to that bond," DOMA was "designed to injure the same class the State seeks to protect".
Smith didn't predict that Kennedy will vote to rule that the death penalty is unconstitutional, but he quoted a recent opinion of the Justice, in which he wrote, "The Eighth Amendment's protection of dignity reflects the Nation we have been, the Nation we are, and the Nation we aspire to be".
The strong and ever-growing evidence base demonstrating that physical punishment places children at risk for a range of negative outcomes, coupled with global recognition of children's inherent rights to protection and dignity, has led to the emergence of programs specifically designed to prevent physical punishment by parents.
Which leaves only the unions to provide a modicum of worker protection and dignity.
Attacks on reproductive justice are attacks on a woman's right to freedom, safety, protection, respect, dignity, self-determination and quality of life.
