ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the right to secure belonging is inherent in and criterion of the right to equal belonging in a society. It suggests constituent elements of the right to secure belonging in a community of equals. The establishment of the contextual factor of prejudice is suggested to establish a violation of the right to secure belonging in a community of equals, and a prima facie case of a violation of the Right to Democratic Belonging. To feel secure in a public relationship means that every member trusts that the other members of the relationship not treat him or her through the lens of a negative stereotype. What the absence of a systemic political disadvantage, the absence of prejudice and stereotype, and absence of perpetuation and/or worsening of a pre-existing disadvantage share is the right to enjoy a secure membership in a participatory community of equals, or in other words, a democratic society.
