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Old 02-06-2008, 03:33 PM
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Re: Bill Clinton was guest Spkr.@ Apostolic ch. Su

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Originally Posted by Aquila View Post
Bro. Dave, how do you define “civil rights”?
Basically, without giving it too much thought, they fall into 3 basic categories.

1) Freedom rights- where individuals are free to act without interference by the state (Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, etc)

2) Benefit rights- This implies that a person has the "right" to receive something from others. At the others expense.

3) Non-discrimination rights- Services cannot be denied someone based on a characteristic (gender, age, sexual orientation, race, etc)

There could be more but I think everything can basically fit into these categories.
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