Interracial Marriage Interracial marriage is a controversial topic‚ but it really doesn’t need to be. Marriage‚ although not directly mentioned in the Constitution‚ is viewed as a basic Constitutional right‚ and should be allowed for any two persons‚ no matter what they look like or where they came from. In fact‚ scientific studies have proven that race shouldn’t be an issue at all. Some might argue that‚ in the scriptures‚ God separated the different races‚ but they forget that he created them
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Most people have heard of the case of Amadou Diallo‚ a black man slain at his doorway by police‚ which for some reason was questioned to be a case of racial profiling at all. But the fact is that there are many other cases and complaints made against law enforcement officials‚ mostly involving traffic stops of minorities. The following are examples of cases and complaints made to the American Civil Liberties Union‚ which are posted on their web site‚ of racial profiling from various newspaper
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way the United States became involved. Because there was not a conclusive reason why our nation should be fighting‚ the Vietnam War affected the views and lives of the American people in different ways. At some point‚ several groups of people were against it‚ while others that were personally involved had a different definition of war‚ understanding all that soldiers were losing during the war. The war lasted the term of four presidents; Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ Johnson‚ and Nixon. Eisenhower did not agree
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Some say it’s a great advancement in the field of biology‚ and others are against the topic completely‚ claiming it is ethically unjust. They believe that eventually it will spiral out of control‚ and humans will be cloned. They have no doubt that humans should never be cloned‚ and I completely agree. Cloning animals‚ and eventually humans‚ goes against the Bible completely. When scientists clone animals‚ they are ultimately trying to “play God”. Scientists say
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Police Brutality: A Rising Issue What should society do when the people that are supposed to be protecting them turn into the people that they need protecting from? Police brutality has become a major issue in today’s society and has become a major point within today’s media. As stated by Lauren Fox‚ “The deaths of black men at the hands of police have been thrust into the national spotlight” (Fox). Police brutality is classified as an officer applying excessive and/or unneeded force to the
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drug in the‚ United Sates behind alcohol and tobacco use. More than 14 million Americans use marijuana regularly regardless of the laws against its use or possession. The problems with legalization and criminalization of marijuana use have been an extremely controversial matter and have been a debatable subject over many years. Currently it is a crime and is against the law to posse and use the drug regularly known as pot‚ weed and mary-jane. However‚ the United States government has spent billions
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commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act. There used to be a time when color did matter‚ it was the way people of the time identified each other. Abraham Lincoln sought out to change everyone’s perception; giving the blacks the same freedom as his white brother in. little did people realize that the progressive society would retain some of the old mental shackles of negative stereotypes well into the 21st century. While time and again we are told that we live in a free and fair country
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starting to change as public schools and universities in California‚ Washington‚ Michigan‚ Nebraska‚ Arizona‚ Connecticut‚ New Hampshire‚ Oklahoma‚ Florida‚ and Texas have banned affirmative action as a base for admissions (NCSL‚ 2014). The Case against Affirmative Action Why do we have affirmative action? Affirmative Action’s inception was from the outcome of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s. Affirmative action was intended to provide equal opportunities for members of minority
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2. Arguments against physicalism In line with physicalism‚ a human being‚ including‚ of course‚ the brain‚ consists of merely physical substances. Not only the brain is described by physical characteristics‚ such as volume‚ weight and composition‚ but also the events that occur in the brain are physical‚ according to physicalists. For instance‚ in the nerve system the impulses are transmitted along connected neurons as a result of the electrical difference across their membranes. Physicalists further
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Argument 1: Thousands of terminally ill patients suffer from untreatable pain. *There is untreatable pain *Thousands of terminally ill patients in pain Claim 1: A large part of what are improperly labeled as terminally ill patients do not suffer pain‚ and those who do suffer‚ it is definitely treatable by palliative care. Matthew E. Conolly‚ M.D. November 4 1989. Alternative to Euthanasia: Pain Management. Nightingale Alliance. www.nightingalealliance.org/pdf/Altern_to_Euthanasia
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