based on precise language and technicalities. We live in a country based on the rights of the individual. Our Bill of Rights is comprised of ideas to protect the average citizen from moral and societal wrongs. Amendments XV (1870) and XIX (1920) gave the fundamental right to vote to minorities and women respectively. These amendments furthered the thinking of our forefathers who founded this country on the beliefs of freedom and equality for all. The creators of the Constitution modeled it as a "living" document, whereas it could change as society did. In the 1960's and 1970's affirmative action was the right course for our country to take. Discrimination and segregation ran rampant in those decades and a solution was needed to ensure civil rights for every American regardless of race, gender, or national origin. Today though, this sort of thinking is out-of-date as society's views of our diverse population have expanded. We live in a society now that not only encompasses whites and African-Americans, but persons from every corner of the world. The gay movement in the United States has provided us with yet another segment of the population which needs protecting, but none of these groups should ever have an advantage over another just because they belong to a particular group. America must always remain diversified in order to remain a world power. Our diversification makes us the beautiful Melting Pot that the rest of the world looks up to.With the implementation of ONE FLORIDA in our own South Florida "melting pot", we will see more diversification and opportunities than ever before. Due to extra funding for education, standardized tests and practice exams will now be afforded to every high school student planning to attend college, no matter if they attend an A school or an F school (Improvements to the ONE FLORIDA Initiative). Programs initiated by Governor Bush will give children the motivation to improve themselves in school, in...
