Thursday, May 17, 2012

Declaration of Rights

I think that several groups of people in the US should have a "Declaration of Rights". We have a Bill of Rights currently, but if I think that citizens deserve other federal and more specific rights. To begin, there should be a set of rights that regard gays and gay marriage. Most of the laws revolving around that topic and that group of people that we have today are state laws and not federal laws. Therefor if I would add a declaration of rights around that hot topic, and make them federal laws rather than state laws, that way everyone would recognize it. Those people deserve a set of rights because they are just like any other citizen in this world, and their sexual identity should not restrict them from any role or opportunity in society. Next, I would provide one universal bill of rights to the major organizations/governments across the globe. If groups like NATO, the United Nations, and the White House all adopted a unanimous and single declaration of rights in all fields of governing and state laws, we would all be on the same page. They deserve a declaration of rights because they are such powerful congregations and groups, that they deserve to be able to all refer and lean to one unified set of rights. I would make a declaration of rights that have to do with rights and protection about kids going to war. I would make sure that universally, there was a certain age where people were required in some cases, or were able in other cases, to go to war. Right now in Israel the age is 18 when you must go to war, and there are different policies in Iraq, however I would make sure various places had the same set of rights. Children deserve those rights because forcing youth to do something uncomfortable at a young age is hard and we need a right that states almost a universal age of maturity and readiness to delve into something like war. Kids should have time to be kids and feel safe, and that is not something that is protected by the government globally right now. I know laws revolving around war would be hard and not very realistic to create. In times of battle, laws are often broken or altered, and in reality people do not abide by all the laws in crisis of war, or else I would give a declaration of rights to that group of people as well.

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