January 06, 2011 11:31:54 AM
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Paul Bellan-Boyer
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The 13th amendment
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We want to hear about your favorite passage of the constitution, and may invite you to follow up on-air or online. Need a refresher? Here it is.
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude...shall exist within the United States."
Is there anything more anti-democratic than keeping another human in bondage, denying them equal rights under the law, denying them the opportunity to make their own decisions about the basic issues of their life, in effect denying their humanity?
Slavery, exploitation, and race-hatred (practiced not just against Africans, but against Native Americans, and various immigrant groups) is the great stain upon our republic and our noble ideas about the blessings of liberty.
