When it comes to Proposition 8 I would have voted against it all the way. I have often thought what gives anyone the right to take away civil rights from anyone gay or straight. I personally have struggled with this debate on so many different levels it still unbelievable to me that in court in the world would deny civil rights down to such a basic level. The fourteenth Amendment clearly has a double standard attached to it when it comes to Proposition 8. Basically saying that we can’t deny gays
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Einstein‚ 1946. Nuclear weapons are arguably the most feared weapon ever created. They have the capability to end wars‚ nations‚ and even our planet if we are not careful. So‚ how serious is the threat of a terrorist cell acquiring a nuclear weapon and using it in an attack? Any statement containing the words ‘nuclear and weapon’ must almost always be considered serious but what is the likelihood of a successful nuclear terrorist attack occurring? The answer is anything but straight forward and many different
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The fourth amendment is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure unless probable cause is present and in most cases‚ a warrant is issued. This amendment was included in the Declaration of Independence due to searches that the colonists were subjected to. The colonists did not want to pay the taxes being enforced by the King‚ so they began to smuggle goods into the United States via boat. The King of Britain obviously did not agree with this‚ so he sent British ships that could stop and
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William Davidson Mrs. Powers US History Honors 30 January 2015 Support and Opposition of American Imperialism American Imperialism is the idea of the United States taking over smaller countries for certain interests. American’s chose to be isolationists throughout their early history until 1898 when President McKinley became president of the United States. This led to Americans having an influence in the Philippines‚ Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ Hawaii‚ and trade influences in China. This American influence
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Existentialism is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre‚ 19451 My purpose here is to defend existentialism against several reproaches that have been laid against it. Existentialism has been criticised for inviting people to remain in a quietism of despair‚ to fall back into a the middle-class luxury of a merely contemplative philosophy. We are reproached for underlining human nastiness‚ and forgetting‚ as the Catholic Mme. Mercier has it‚ the smile of the child. All and sundry reproach us for treating
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Laws have been passed in several countries to make the practice more “humane”. Drug testing using animals became more important in the 20th century. Issues such as “cruelty” to animals and the humane treatment of animals are valid concerns and hence the use of animals in experimental is greatly regulated. I think this stuff should be illegal.
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research and education in the US each year. More than 70.000 of them are nonhuman primates. Using animals as research subject in medical experiments is broadly condemned on two parts. The first one is because it wrongly violates the rights of animals‚ and second one‚ because it wrongly impose on sentient creatures much avoidable suffering. These two grounds are both deserve definitive dismissal. People using animals for medical experiments to achieve the product safety. Animals are damaged and killed
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In the article titled " Hobby Lobby Ruling Much More than Abortion" discusses the supreme court ruling regarding abortion and birth control. The author expressed that family owned businesses have been ruled in court to opt out of the federal requirement to pay for birth control in health coverage for their workers. The family owned business did not feel it was fair to follow the recent mandate by President Obama regarding contraceptives. Hobby Lobby was targeted by social media for being unfair and
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The labeling fad of the 21st century came along with the health craze. Labels such as Organic‚ Gluten Free‚ and Local have been turned into marketing ploys. And genetically modified organisms have gotten their fair share of critics. Ranging from people raving about how they’re “saving third world countries” to how they’re “killing our world”. Mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is something that many are pushing for the government to make mandatory. However they have been
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this situation and could careless about what the poor people and families are going through. “ But‚ as i wrote recently‚ there are certain people- particularly those with large concentrations of melanin in their skin‚ and smaller concentrations of money in the bank- who are suffering more of that fuckery than their less-melanated‚ more-resoured counterparts” (Source 3:2).”Many rich countries argue that $100 billion a year is an unrealistic demand;”(Source 3:8). Both of these statements show that people
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