equal rights

“There’s a whole cosmopolitan mix of different nationalities now. We are all New Zealanders. I think we should work together and have equal rights.”

But the sisters are radicalized after being attacked in the 1969 Burntollet Bridge incident, when protesters calling for equal rights on a peaceful march from Belfast to Derry were ambushed by a mob wielding stones, iron bars and sticks spiked with nails.

Act leader Seymour - who is also New Zealand's associate justice minister - argues that because the principles have never been properly defined legally, the courts "have been able to develop principles that have been used to justify actions that are contrary to the principle of equal rights".

What is one down-ballot item you are voting on that you think is particularly important: In New York, we get to vote on an equal rights amendment that will hopefully enshrine some important protections into state law.

It’s really important to strengthening and maintaining equal rights for all in the state, as they’re likely to be continually attacked and degraded at the national level.