Human rights issues in America

Today is saturday, I am off thanks god. I got up little late and decided to search some good stuff (blogs/news) For some reason I stumbled across some good site the other day. I don't know why, but I started to read some of the articles. Further exploration led me to the Human rights article. Human rights in the United States has been a somewhat controversial subject over the years. One might think that a country that was founded on breaking away from the tyranny of monarchy, seeking justice and liberty for all, would naturally be a bastion of human rights for all people. But the history of this democracy has shown human rights to be more complicated when transformed from ideal to practice .American human rights reflect that this issue, in practice, is hard to balance when one tries to combine it at a national and a personal level.One arena where this dilemma appears in American history is balancing the rights of the many versus the rights of the minority, or in some cases, the individual. The issue of federalism, the philosophy which bound together a loose federation of former colonies together under one nation, has from the nation's inception had to combat against the concept of states' rights. The balancing act requires the federal government to maintain authority while not infringing upon the rights of the states. This leads to a constant weighing out of legislation in light of allowing people to choose a certain kind of life in one state and feeling assurance that this freedom will be protected to live this way, while still holding onto national identity as Americans. The present debate over gay marriage is an example of states choosing their own destiny with regards to particular issues.
Historically, the American Constitution allows for this kind of liberty for states to create their own legislation, with the federal government keeping out of the way. It is a way where one can exercise personal freedom in their local region. This personal determination was a unique way that the young democracy created its own definition of human rights.