- Removing Freedom of Speech
No administration before that of
George W. Bush has ever been so brazen as to tell the American people that
they cannot disagree with the views of the nation's leadership. With the
rise of the Bush II administration the American public has also seen a new
concept, "Free Speech Zones". The secret service now directs local law
enforcement agencies to clear all motorcade routes and areas around where the
top White House officials will be of all dissention and move the dissenters to
"Free Speech Zones" generally about 1/2 mile from the event (search "free
speech zones")
- Removing Right to Due Process
Holding captives indefinitely
without charges, without access to attorney's, without access to due legal
process. This includes Amercican citizens taken into captivity within
the continental United States (search "guantanamo bay prisoners").
- Removing Equal Protection
Gay marraiges are opposed by the Bush
administration so strongly as to have Bush wanting to have a constitutional
amendment to ensure they don't happen. Opposition to the idea is fine,
that is simply an ideological stance, but the actual allowing or disallowing
of them is a civil rights issue. Every American citizen is entitled to
the same rights under law.
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