government has the power to tell two people who love each other that they can’t get married. Different sex or same sex-it shouldn’t matter. Just because something is different from what most people are used to‚ doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Now even if gay
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sex couples are not acceptable from some people in society‚ according to www.gay-adoption.us. On the contrast‚ some people believe that same sex adoption is normal and it should be acceptable‚ according to the right human campaign‚ a national gay and lesbian advocacy group. Although there are many people against same sex couple to adopting children‚ same sex couples should be allowed to adopt children because they have equal rights and they can be good parents for a child who lacks love
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The Children’s Liberation readings were interesting because‚ for many‚ children are not viewed as oppressed. The "oppression" that they endure is oftentimes understood as their necessary role as subordinates to adults. However‚ the readings made me see that there is a lot of hypocrisy in demanding liberation‚ in fighting so that no group has power over another‚ but also acting as a restrictive authoritarian over children on a daily basis. In "Children’s Liberation Resurfaces in the 1970’s‚" we clearly
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Gay Marriages and Family Values At the very heart of the debate about same-sex marriage is the definition of the word "marriage". To some people‚ it changes to meet social and economic needs‚ to others it remains firmly fixed. In traditional cultures of Asia‚ arranged marriages are the rule. Marriages are designed to further the well-being of families‚ not the individuals involved. Marriages are seen as a matter of ancestors‚ descendants‚ and property. The Anglo-Saxons saw marriage as a strategic
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struggle in all the states to stop exploitation by the Jagirdars and Zamindars. Some of the movements were successful‚ but others failed. The Kisan Sabha movement started in Bihar under the leadership of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati who had formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilise peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights. Gradually the peasant movement intensified and spread across the rest of India. All these radical developments on the
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) waged war against the government of Sri Lanka for 33 years. Being a minority group in a nation that has a long history of Western colonization‚ prompted the LTTE to lash out against the Sinhalese majority in the years following the country’s independence in 1948. Throughout the 1970s‚ the group began using acts of violence‚ while undergoing a couple of name changes‚ until 1976 when the group formally became the LTTE. Shortly after their establishment‚ the
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Ball‚ Carlos A.‚ "The Backlash Thesis and Same-Sex Marriage: Learning from Brown v. Board of Education and its Aftermath‚" William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal‚ 14:1493-1538 (2006) Ball‚ Carlos A.‚ "Moral Foundations for a Discourse on Same-Sex Marriage: Looking Beyond Political Liberalism‚" Georgetown Law Journal‚ 85:1871-1943 (June 1997) Ball‚ Carlos A.‚ "The Positive in the Fundamental Right to Marry: Same-Sex Marriage in the Aftermath of Lawrence v. Texas‚ Minnesota Law Review‚ 88:1184-1232
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When you think of the hippie movement‚ what do you picture in your mind? A group of homeless young men smoking on the streets? Or young girls with has no sexual morals. These are some misconceptions of one of the biggest subculture of American history. The early 1960s to mid-1970s was one of the most controversial periods in American history. During this interim‚ the hippie movement was all the rage as it was popular among teenagers and young adults. It was in this time frame that the baby boomers
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guide to those working to loosen similar shackles of fear. More importantly it opens the door for conversation and action of parting from universal ideologies to more diverse and unique ones. Lynn‚ both a transgender person and advocate for Lesbian Gay Bisexual
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The Progressive Era The Progressive Era illustrated a reform movement during a period of economic growth. The effectiveness of the movement included the destruction of the major corporations in America‚ transportation development from the 1860 through the 1900s‚ and urbanization. The Progressive Era successfully passed reform movements and the 17th Amendment but limited the rights of women and children. Theodore Roosevelt developed many progressive policies. The 1907 Washington Post political
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