Today many, many Americans came together across America to elect our next President. Tonight all races and people of America now gather for the outcome. At the Arizona Biltmore and Chicago's Grant Park particularly, the faithful wait for the news to come.
In August 1963, a dream was spoken of to over 250,000 Americans at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. And in September 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the words "We the People" were forged. I have not yet been favored to be at the Lincoln Memorial, but I feel so fortunate to have visited Independence Hall and I have touched the Liberty Bell nearby.
Key to all of these activities is a human right we all share, Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
This right was first granted to us in Amendment 1 of the Bill of Rights of our United States Constitution:
Amendment I
"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."
This Public Service Announcement from Youth For Human Rights International illustrates our human right. That we all share it and that it is valuable is made most evident tonight, 4 November 2008, Election Night, in the United States of America:
In August 1963, a dream was spoken of to over 250,000 Americans at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. And in September 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the words "We the People" were forged. I have not yet been favored to be at the Lincoln Memorial, but I feel so fortunate to have visited Independence Hall and I have touched the Liberty Bell nearby.
Key to all of these activities is a human right we all share, Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
(2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
This right was first granted to us in Amendment 1 of the Bill of Rights of our United States Constitution:
Amendment I
"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."
This Public Service Announcement from Youth For Human Rights International illustrates our human right. That we all share it and that it is valuable is made most evident tonight, 4 November 2008, Election Night, in the United States of America:
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