(July 21, 2015 at 1:06 pm)Anima Wrote: Your black ass should realize that your civil rights were approved by congressional vote in the 13th-15th amendments and then subsequently ratified by 2/3 majorities in the State congresses such that 2/3 majority of the States agreed to ratify the amendments in order to be enacted as law. In short your basic status and subsequent rights as an American citizen were a matter of public debate and voted upon and approved at the State level.
The idea being, and the sickening part, that the government shouldn't be required to force people to treat others fairly. The fact that the government has to constantly be petitioned to protect the rights of minorities doesn't speak well of many of our citizens.
The legislation wasn't granting rights, it was to prevent others from continuing to trample them.
