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It helped the original thirteen colonies break free from British rule and established good cause for seeking independence, formally recoginized by Congress, granted important rights to colonists, by signing it, members of Congrss granted key rights to American citizens and helped the United States establish independence and recognition as a new nation capable of functioning independently from Britain.
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First womens rights movement in the US that set the stage for a furthering of womens social, political, and civil rights, and it shattered the Victorian model of what women and family should be.
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Abolished slavery making it illegal for people to have slaves
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Granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States", it forbits states from denying any person "life,liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"
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Prohibits the government in the US from denying a citizen the right to vote based on discrimination.
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Step closer to everyone being treated fairly and having the right to vote
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Set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal".
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To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination
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Gave women the right to vote
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it revoked President Truman's 1947 Executive Order 9835 and dismantled its Loyalty Review Board program.
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Establishing separate but equal was unconstitutional.
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free speech rights with respect to homosexuality.
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It allowed all people protection against rape.
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Prohibiting any poll tax elections for federal officials
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Bans discrimination because of a person's color, race, national origin, religion, or sex; it primarily protects the rights of African Americans and other minorities.
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Prohibited states from imposing any "voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure ... to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."
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Police started a series of brutal raids on what was known to be "gay establishments"
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Gaurantees equal funding to girl's sports/activities in schools.
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being homosexual poses no inherent obstacle to leading a happy, healthy, and productive life, and that the vast majority of gay and lesbian people function well in the full array of social institutions and interpersonal relationships
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If you are a homosexual, I won't ask you, and you won't tell me.
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It means that a gay couple cannot get the married filing jointly tax break.
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its one step closer for all to have equal rights
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The Army is no longer requiring them to keep quiet and they wont get thrown out of the military for their sexual preference
