Legalizing Same sex marriage in Texas There are many reasons why same sex couples deserve the right to have a legalized union in marriage. By denying same sex couples one is violating their religious freedom as well as minority discrimination. It is unfair to say who a person can and cannot marry same sex marriage should be legalized in Texas because no matter what ones sexual preference is‚ one deserves the right to marry. Religion‚ medical/health insurance‚ financial concerns‚ concern for the
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Mitch Carlson Steve Russell CRIM 331 Case Brief #1 Salinas v. Texas Facts & History On the morning of December 18‚ 1992‚ two brothers were shot and killed in their Houston home. Police were called by a neighbor who heard the gunshots‚ and then seen a “dark colored” car fleeing from the house. It was later found out that defendant‚ Genovevo Salinas‚ was at the residence where the murders took place the night before December 18th. When officers went to Salinas’ house‚ they arrived to a dark blue
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States that legalize prostitution can require sex workers to use condoms and get tested for sexually transmitted diseases‚ others cannot. Erin Fuchs from Business Insider states‚ “Sex workers in Nevada have to get monthly tests for syphilis and HIV and weekly tests for
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LuraLee Smith Mrs. Collar English 1301 17 September 2011 Murder in Austin Texas It has been five years today that my cousin Stacy Lynn Sparks was murdered. I always thought that something like this could never happen to my family. This is the first time that something so tragic has happened in my life. It will also lead me to pain and frustration years to come. The loss of her has had a great impact on how I live my life today. I can still remember the sound in my mother’s voice the day
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Madison Hayes Writing assignment 11/29/2012 California vs. Texas California and Texas are two different states‚ but in many ways have some sorts of comparisons. In school we learn that Texas is one huge state filled with plenty of cities and can take half a day to drive out of. While in California there are plenty of cities as well‚ but at least half the size of Texas. Both states have many cool attractions‚ and very famous ones at that. When people visit these states you
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War in America was the involvement of the state of Texas in the Confederacy. Although it was once its own Republic separate from the United States of America through annexation‚ Texas was not entirely unique when it came to the institution of slavery. Just like in all other southern states‚ slavery‚ and the use of slave labor‚ was a major factor of the states agricultural economy. During the years around and through the Civil War‚ Texas became a home for many transient southerners in search
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A Journey Through Texas Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca De Vaca and his three countrymen wandered for months through Texas as they journeyed toward the Spanish settlement in Mexico City. In the course of his travels‚ de Vaca healed a Native American by performing the first recorded surgery in Texas. His resulting fame attracted so many followers that de Vaca noted in his journal that “the number of our companions became so large that we could no longer control them.” As they continued traveling westward
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Texas was the seventh state to seceded from the Union on February 1st‚ 1861. The vote was 166 to 7 and was passed on February 2nd‚ 1861. It allowed the State of Texas to join the confederate states in the south of the nation‚ on March 2nd. The signees were very carefully chosen and a lot of unique faces in it. Oran Milo Roberts was a very important signee and had a huge impact on Texas by being president of the secession convention‚ the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court‚ and Governor of Texas
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I looked around at the embers of the fire in front of me‚ tearing up. ¨How could have this happen to them?¨ It all started in a little town in Texas‚ although it’s always hot and everyone’s pretty grumpy‚ I love living there! I grew up here and when I graduated highschool and started my dream career here as a firefighter.Texas really is who I am‚ I mean the heat made me a hard worker. My mom was always worried I´d get hurt and my dad was worried about the family name but‚ I still put my all
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the past few year Texas has grew dramatically. Since the early 1900’s Texas grown faster than the nation. (author. Date‚ page) Population growth is driven when population neither grows nor declines‚ because the number of births doesn’t equal the number of deaths. In this case immigration has became a big part in Texas. The past ten years population from immigrants migrating to Texas from Mexico has increasingly grew. In general‚ Texas has experienced a demographic shift in Texas our population aging
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