Civil Rights

[Rachel Rawlings]

I found this article on The New York Times. It covers specifically civil rights and if Americans still do have those rights.

This article was interesting to me because it touched on the topic of race and different kinds of people that civil rights are starting to protect more. For example, more people are starting to consider the rights of gays, transgenders, and African-Americans. These groups have received a good amount of discrimination. Even though I personally don't agree with the life-style of gay people, I believe the law should still protect them from hate because they are still entitled to their rights. Another interesting topic that this article addresses is that while the rights of transgenders "have went further than what the law allows", the rights of Christians have not been protected forcefully enough. I think that all rights should be protected, but the government should not protect a group of people over another because one group is highly sensitive. 

I think that civil rights are more protected today as they've ever been. Minorites are starting to receive more of their rights, and even groups like gays and transgenders are becoming more accepted. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/us/politics/civil-rights-justice...

I would address this issue by simply treating everyone fairly, and faith informs my response by loving every person even as they are, even if I disagree with their lifestyle choice. 

[Robert Walker]

Rachel I agree with you.  I believe that every human being have civil rights, first given to us by God, and reflected by the constitution.  We have rights given to us by our creator.  God has created each human being in his image, "Genesis 1:27".  Only human beings has put qualifications on people that is totally unbiblical.  We all are created equally as is related to personhood, however we have different talents and giftings.   God has only created male and female, and relationship is between a man and a women.  God has only sanctioned this relationship and any other is totally unbiblical.  We should love every one, regardless how they see themselves.