equal rights

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I have put much thought into this topic over the last few weeks, and I think I am really able to speak from my heart about it. When I first thought about it, I was picturing the "issues" as things like affirmative action, abortion, or same sex marriages. After a lot of thinking though, I decided that these just weren't the sorts of things that I would be willing to put my life on the line for. The reason for this is that although important to many, they really don't affect me to the point of me risking my life to change how they work. It may sound a bit selfish, but in order for MY life to be risked, the issue would have to affect me personally, and deeply enough to change my entire being and way of life. I just feel that some things, although important to some, are better handled by those that are affected by them that deeply. Now this is just my personal view on it, although many prominent people thought otherwise, such as Martin Luther King Jr. In his "Letter from a !

Birmingham Jail" he spoke of the fact that we should stand up against any unjust law, whether it affects you or not . Due to the fact that issues like this weren't important enough to me for risking my life, I decided it was best to

I feel that the Bill or Rights is the most important single document in the structure and operation of our country. It gives us many rights not available in other places of the world, and it sets us apart from everyone else as the fairest, most open minded country in the world. This is why I have decided that any movement that is working to try and take away any of the rights on the Bill of Rights is worth putting my life on the line for, because it would compromise my entire way of life. Now, for purposes of keeping the length of this paper down, I have decided to focus my attention to the First Amendment rights, which read "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ".

I feel that in order for a movement to really make a splash it needs to have a few things. The first thing, it has to grab people's attention. That is why I feel Martin Luther King was so effective at gaining respect. His words got peoples attention immediately, and he knew how to get their emotions into their thoughts, which made them want to fight against racism. To this day his "I Have a Dream" speech is known as one of the most powerful speeches ever, and the reason for this was it got people's attention, and they listen to every word he had to say. The next necessary component is you must reach a large group of people. An example of an issue not yet mentioned that was brought more attention due to the large amount of people it reached is the anti-drug campaign of a few years ago. I don't think there is a person in the country that hasn't seen the "This is your brain on drugs" commercials . It shows the impact that can be made just by reaching a large group of peop!

think on the larger scale. It was from this that I decided what I would put my life on the line for.

owing he was not afraid of dying in order to get equal rights for African Americans in sports .

a non-violent way, that they were sick of how they were treated .

As you can see, there are causes which I would put my life on the line for, but the times I would are pretty specific. Through the years there have been many different ways that people have stood up to what they felt was wrong, and the most effective ones were non-violent. This just goes to prove that violence is not the answer, and with creativity, and sticking to your beliefs, you can make things happen. I have also come to the conclusion from writing this, that there are always new ideas that you can come up with in order to get your message out to people, due to the fact that society and technology are always changing and progressing.

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