I believe that the Constitution should use clear wording against discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or sexual identity. I believe we must take advantage of this unique opportunity and prevent misinterpretations from happening in the future.
This is necessary because "unclear or vague" wording in the Constitution ...
I believe that the Constitution should use clear wording against discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or sexual identity. I believe we must take advantage of this unique opportunity and prevent misinterpretations from happening in the future.
This is necessary because "unclear or vague" wording in the Constitution leaves a void which could be exploited to try and cease people's rights and freedoms.
All of us are aware of the unfair treatment LGBT people receive in many countries in the world, to say the least, in some of them people accused of homosexuality are flogged or killed publicly.
I agree, there should be no special treatments or rights to anyone, but if you check the current version, you'll notice some ambiguous sentences in important parts concerning family, equality and fundamental rights. These ambiguities need to be corrected and there must be a clear statement against any kind of discrimination. Notice that these corrections don't harm or diminish any right or freedom of heterosexual people, nor grant any kind of special treatment to LGBTs, they only secure fair treatment and equality.
I wrote some comments and suggestions about these parts in a separate document. Here you are the link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fTmPWqvX53eEV6MkhSdUxGSEk
When I read the word gender this is what I thought of,
"Although the words gender and sex are often used interchangeably, they have slightly different connotations; sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender more often refers to cultural and social differences and sometimes encompasses ...
When I read the word gender this is what I thought of,
"Although the words gender and sex are often used interchangeably, they have slightly different connotations; sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender more often refers to cultural and social differences and sometimes encompasses a broader range of identities than the binary of male and female..."
I took that specific excerpt from oxford. To me using the word gender in this context is broad enought without being exclusionary because gender does not focus on the anatomy one was born with and encompases the things you brought up. This to me includes but is not limited to each letter of LBGT.
All citizens of Asgardia are equal, irrespective of their Earthly country of origin, residence, citizenship, race, nationality, gender, religion, language, financial standing, or any other attribute.
All citizens of Asgardia are equal, irrespective of their Earthly country of origin, residence, citizenship, race, nationality, gender, religion, language, financial standing, or any other attribute.