As of Nov. 20‚ 2013‚ gay marriage has been legalized in 16 US states (CA‚ CT‚ DE‚ HI‚ IA‚ IL‚ MA‚ MD‚ ME‚ MN‚ NH‚ NJ‚ NY‚ RI‚ VT‚ and WA) and the District of Columbia. 33 states have gay marriage bans through either laws or constitutional amendments or both. Proponents argue that same-sex couples should have access to the same marriage benefits and public acknowledgment enjoyed by heterosexual couples and that prohibiting gay marriage is unconstitutional discrimination. Opponents argue that
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Carly Smerchek Mrs. Goerl English Comp II 9:00 20‚ November 2013 Marijuana Legalization Marijuana is a well-known drug that causes many controversies all over America. Many people take part in the use of marijuana illegally and get away with it day by day. Also‚ in some states it is already legal for medical purposes. There’s an abundance of different opinions of the drug‚ which makes it very controversial in the aspect of legalization. It’s the most accessible drug in America and commonly
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A new very credible Gallup poll reported data that 58% of Americans want marijuana to be legalized. Interestingly enough only 39% were opposed and of those people the majority of them were over 65 years old. Each year the trend is increasing in favor of legalizing. In just one
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innovativion‚ transforming health care. Strategies to integrate and advance innovation. 3rd ed. p149. Sudbury‚ MA: Jones & Bartlett. Sachs‚ Adam & Jones‚ Jemarion. (2012). Nurses Earn Highest Ranking Ever‚ Remain Most Ethical of Professions in Poll ANA Urges Policymakers to Listen to Nurses on Health Care Policy‚ Funding. American Nurses Association. News Release December 4‚ 2012. Simmons‚ Lesly. (2011). Nurses Most Respected Profession for 11th Year. Nursing@Georgetown Blog. May 16th‚ 2011
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Football or Baseball? If you’re like most Americans‚ you probably have a favorite NFL team. You probably watch football games on TV and if you live in a city with an NFL team‚ you may shell out the cash to buy a game ticket to cheer them on. That is to say‚ no matter where you live‚ you almost certainly watch the Super Bowl‚ even if it’s just to check out the exciting commercials. In fact‚ if you’re not wearing an NFL team logo hat‚ T-shirt‚ or jacket today‚ you’ll almost certainly run into
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Ethnic and the Police Paper Rozlynn Jordan McNeal University of Phoenix June 5‚ 2013 CJA/344 Ken Jones‚ Facilitator Public Opinion of Police by Different Ethnic Group In the eyes of the beholder‚ do you see what I see! Down though the years there has always been tension and an on and off relationship between the community they serve and law enforcement agencies. And as with any relationship between two people there are misunderstanding‚ break-up and disagreements and the same is
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In 1999 a Gallup poll of citizens found that 59 percent of Americans believed that “race-based profiling was widespread” (). In an additional study‚ Weitzer and Tuch found that 80 percent of African Americans believed that racial profiling was prevalent in their own
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Employee Engagement What’s Your Engagement Ratio? Copyright © 2008‚ 2010 Gallup‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright © 2008‚ 2010 Gallup‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Gallup®‚ Gallup Consulting®‚ CE11®‚ Q12®‚ Performance OptimizationTM‚ and The Gallup Path® are trademarks of Gallup‚ Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Employee Engagement as a Core Strategy The world’s top-performing organizations understand that employee engagement is a force that
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Opposition to gay marriage has increased since the summer and a narrow majority of Americans also oppose allowing gays and lesbians to enter legal agreements that fall short of marriage. Moreover‚ despite the overall rise in tolerance toward gays since the 1980s‚ many Americans remain highly critical of homosexuals and religious belief is a major factor in these attitudes. A 55% majority believes it is a sin to engage in homosexual behavior‚ and that view is much more prevalent among those
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Shelby Dinkel Wagoner English IV 28 November 2012 Death Penalty: Morally Wrong? Appropriate Punishment? Since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated by the United States Supreme Court there has been approximately 1‚317 convicted criminals executed. Out of those executed‚ 12 were female. These executions have been held in 34 different states with Texas being the highest at 37 percent. The majority of the time lethal injection and the electric chair were used. However‚ gas chambers‚ hanging
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