Equality and justice are definitely brought to the forefront in our society today. One might view them as having similar meaning but yet they have a different meaning. Equality works to create a sense of "equalness" in quality, rank, or degree, while justice focuses more on the judgment of people, and the administration of punishment or reward. The CLS (Critical Legal Studies) is a movement that publishes critiques of more traditional systems of law. CLS is focused on promoting progressive political change. CLS extends the Postmodern insight of social construction to law. The lawyers primarily focus on women and minorities. The goal is to bring quality and fairness to those in a oppressed situation. One example would be the movement for homosexual rights and trying to break down the law to receive the same recognition and benefits of a heterosexual marriage. Critical Legal Studies lawyers believe that they bring equality to the world by breaking down the hierarchy of law, but equality may not always be right in every situation. In regards to homosexual marriage, we as Christians know that God does not want His people to participate in these actions, but Critical Legal Studies lawyers look at these issues, and see that homosexuals, for instance, are feeling "oppressed" and seek to change this by bringing equality to marriage.
God as instructed and taught us to do what is right and just. In Deuteronomy it says we are to fear the Lord, to love the Lord with all our heart and soul and follow his commands. We are to love the one’s in need although they may be different and have different views we are all equal in God’s eyes. Although we must help all those in need we must also help ourselves by growing in God’s Word and not the worldly things that tempt us from doing what is right. God provides every provision we could ever need when it comes to living in accordance with his will.
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