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Equality<\/h1>\n

UNBIASED GOVERNANCE: EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL RESPONSIBILITIES.<\/h2>\n

Protecting the rights of all its citizens equally, while also holding everyone equally responsible for abiding by laws that serve to benefit our society, is a fundamental tenet of America\u2019s constitutional democracy. Our laws must be unbiased and religiously neutral.<\/p>\n

When the government favors one group and their belief system over another,\u00a0it relegates all others to a second-class status.\u00a0Secular values voters believe in an America where citizens of all faiths and of none are equally protected and held equally accountable by the law.<\/p>\n

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Equality UNBIASED GOVERNANCE: EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL RESPONSIBILITIES. Protecting the rights of all its citizens equally, while also holding everyone equally responsible for abiding by laws that serve to benefit our society, is a fundamental tenet of America\u2019s constitutional democracy. Our laws must be unbiased and religiously neutral. 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