The United States Government addressed this issue in 1868, when congress passed the fourteenth amendment. The amendment prohibits the government from making or enforcing "any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." As defined by dictionary.com, the word "abridge" means to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge a visit; ...
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