c0d3h4x0r's Journal: Constitutional Ammendments

These are the changes I would make to the U.S. Constitution.

NATURAL RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS CHOICE: A person's lack of religious or spiritual beliefs constitutes a set of beliefs, and those beliefs are to be treated equally under the law alongside any other set of religious beliefs. Furthermore, all branches of government, and all state governments, are to treat all religious beliefs as opinions, not facts, with no more or less weight given to any specific set of beliefs. The federal Government and state governments shall be strictly secular institutions, neither endorsing nor discriminating against any set of religious beliefs. Furthermore, the federal Government and state governments shall actively protect a person's right to hold and practice any set of religious beliefs, so long as those beliefs and practices do not infringe upon the rights of others.

NATURAL RIGHT TO EQUAL TREATMENT: Every human being possesses the natural right to be treated equally and respectfully (by both institutions and other individuals) regardless of his or her opinions or physical traits. No branch of Government, and no state government, shall enact any law or issue any verdict that either explicitly or consequentially grants or denies rights exclusively to a subset of citizens where that subset is defined by personal opinions (including, but not limited to, religious beliefs, political views, and sexual orientation) or physical characteristics (including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, physical appearance, gender, physical disability, and mental disability). Furthermore, the federal Government and state governments shall actively protect a person's right to not be denied rights or priveleges based on the person's opinions or physical characteristics.

NATURAL RIGHT TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH: Every human being possesses the natural right to choose to live or to die and to solicit assistance in implementing such a choice. No branch of Government, and no state government, shall enact any law or issue any verdict that infriniges upon the natural rights of a person to terminate or protect his or her own life, or to assist in terminating or protecting the life of another person at that person's request. Furthermore, the federal Government and state governments shall actively protect a person's ability to exercise these natural rights, so long as it does not infringe upon the rights of others.

NATURAL RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE: No branch of Government, and no state government, shall enact any law or issue any verdict that infringes upon the natural right of a person to not be disturbed by others upon making such a request or posting such a notice. Furthermore, the federal and state governments shall actively protect a person's ability to exercise this natural right, so long as it does not infringe on the rights of others.

RIGHT TO PROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION: The highest and primary goal of the Government, and of all state governments, shall be to fairly and accurately represent the will of the citizenry without disproportionately representing the interests of a powerful few. This shall be accomplished in two ways: (1) granting each person an equal voice in the electoral process, and (2) establishing rules that prevent public servants from being motivated to serve specific interests disproportionately. No branch of government, and no state government, shall deny a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's opinions or physical characteristics. Nor shall any branch of government, nor any state government, weigh votes differently based on individuals' opinions or physical characteristics. Nor shall any federal or state public servant, elected or appointed, accept a gift of any economic value while serving in office for any reason.