Common Law

A great percentage of the free world like that of the Americas come from England. England instituted what is known as "Common Law". This is the basics of all law, the fundamentals of law if you will. Which means that there are laws with a broad range of meanings and open defined. We have been told taught, told and we know that murder is illegal and punishable by law. That is a broad definition of law; Man-slaughter, first degree murder, involuntary homicide are far more narrow meanings of murder, each one with its own level of punishment. And so it is for many other crimes, rules, regulations, policies and ordinances. Without these laws we would live in a world of chaos and turmoil. Where there would be no leadership, democracy or order. People would live much like they do in many other countries around the world; we see war, death, famine, and chaos at an paramount level beyond our beliefs. There was a time in Americas history the we too had not found out way to true civility and humanity. In the past century our police turned fire hoses on the African-American civil rights protesters. We see this in the middle east today; disrespect and disregard for one another at every level. The repressed have not respect for authority as most free world citizens do. The Governments have not regard for their citizens in every aspect; their health care, welfare, jobs and education. We were at one point headed in that direction. We still to this today deny some of our citizens the rights that every other American has; right to quality affordable health care, right marry under the law, the right to adopt and practice our visceral instincts to parenthood. Yet we look across the world at those people and we think; "are they crazy?" "what an awful government!" "such terrible leadership." Yet we deny that we are under serious repression of our own kind. Common laws are for everybody; thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal. We the people! Commons laws are universal so I thought, they apply to everyone. Yet the common law of marriage does not apply to same-sex couples. I love and hate no different than you do, I put on my pants the same way you do one leg at a time. Yet I am denied the basic common law of marriage that everyone else has. I was always under the impression that the constitution was for all Americans. We talk about helping other countries institute their own constitution; giving women the same rights men have, legalize homosexuality (which is illegal in Muslim repressed regions). It is practically illegal here in the free world of the Americas has well. In many states  it is illegal for same sex couples to even have sex, it is considered perversion. It is not legal for me to spend time with my dying partner in the hospital and if he dies his family can take our home from me. Bar me from the services and leave me out in the cold. Where are my common laws? Where is the constitution for folks like me? Who is repressing me and holding me back from the basic commons laws our constitution was built on. The law is the law is applies to us all. Give me my civil and constitutional rights under the law. I appease the reader to hear my people cry. I remember that not very long ago black Americans were in a civil right campaign of their own, yet only seventeen percent of them support "GAY CIVIL RIGHTS" in America. Shame on you African America who do not support the current repressed populous. It all boils down to basic common law.