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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Whether the evidence was clear or not‚ the town believed that the football players were innocent. Both Beau Donaldson and Jordan Johnson played for the University of Montana’s (UM) football team. After Jordan Johnson was proven innocent of his rape against Cecilia Washburn‚ fans posted on online discussion boards. One fan stated‚ “Missoula loves you Jordy!!!! We have been behind you the entire time!” (pg. 300) The same support was nowhere to be found for Washburn. After Alison Huguet was raped‚ lies
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Standardized tests are destroying our academic integrity‚ causing schools to drill core curriculum into students‚ creating a one size fits all standard for students to adapt to‚ and placing teachers and students under tremendous stress while leaving American children behind academically. Body Paragraph 1- Drilling Curriculum Topic Sentence: Drilling curriculum into students has become an everyday practice in schools across the United States. Evidence: According to Tim Walker‚ writer for NeaToday
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There are many issues in regards to the controversy on vaccinations. Vaccinations were made to protect people from diseases‚ that could otherwise cause illness or potential death. There are many arguable topics but the most important is‚ should an individual have the right to deny needed vaccinations‚ or should vaccinations be mandated. This topic has been a huge debate in recent years. There are individuals that believe that an adult or child should be up to date on their immunizations‚ due to
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The cops that needed to get search warrants‚ but were unable to get them would be able to just go to that persons house and just search the place whenever they like and not get in trouble for it. Sure the exclusionary rule might seem hard at the moment and people that know that there can be evidence found in the criminals home are getting pissed off because the
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Standardized tests argument Have you ever thought you were taking to many tests? If you do it is because of the standardized tests. Some people think we test too much in schools. Other people think there is not enough tests or we need to keep the tests the same. I think standardized test should change because they are to much money‚ the tests are so long‚ and there is a lot of tests in school. The first piece of evidence I have is there are to many standardized tests and the tests are to long
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For my opinion I’m going against racial profiling meaning that I’m going to talk about it in a CON perspective. To me racial profiling can cause a lot problems‚ and the reason for that is because when the police are racial profiling they could be going for the wrong person because of the color of their skin‚ the person that the police stopped could be innocent and while the police is there trying to see what that person has done wrong the police could be missing out on catching a real criminal. Racial
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A fifteen year-old girl named Debbie is one of several children from a family in the Arizona area who was a straight A student. She would be the last person most would expect to be forced into the world of human trafficking. One day‚ one of Debbie’s so-called friends asked Debbie if she could come by Debbie’s house. Her friend drove up with two men in the car. Her friend was leaving after talking for some time and Debbie went to give her hug but Debbie’s friend pushed her into the car. She was
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whether it is possible to confirm the hypothesis that “all ravens are black” by observing positive instances of this claim or‚ in other words‚ by citing anything that is a “non-black non-raven” as support for the claim. Popper sees no logic in this argument‚ asserting that it is impossible to falsify the hypothesis that all ravens are black if one is not actively seeking non-black ravens. Merely identifying non-black non-raven objects‚ such as white shoes or green apples‚ serves only to eliminate said
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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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