The Polygamy Debate Is Polygamy Next? from the July 02‚ 2013 eNews issue Many homosexual activists claimed that Christians were promoting a “slippery slope” argument that did not exist‚ that legalizing homosexual marriage would lead to legalizing other forms of marital unions which‚ today‚ are outside of the mainstream. They contend that just because homosexuals would be able to marry‚ that does not mean that polygamous (same-sex) or polyamorous (many mixed-sex partners) unions would eventually
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Homework and Achievement in High School Science and Math Adam V. Maltese Indiana University amaltese@indiana.edu Robert H. Tai University of Virginia rht6h@virginia.edu Xitao Fan University of Macau xtfan@umac.mo Even with the history of debate over the merits of homework‚ there are significant gaps in the research record regarding its benefit to students. The focus of this study is on the association between time spent on homework and academic performance in science and math by assessing
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Introduction The Charismatic gifts of the Spirit today seem to present a much heated topic for debate. While there are differing views‚ it is an open hand topic‚ the Apostle Paul exhorts to us in Romans 14 it is nothing to divide over or pass judgment on our fellow brothers and sisters for having a view that may not align itself with our own‚ and that as individuals: be convinced in their own minds. Rather than adopting someone else’s interpretation‚ as the Holy Spirit reveals it to that particular
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SCORE | MELT | | | School of Languages‚ Humanities and Social Sciences Third Term: SY 2012 – 2013 ENG10 – B1 Group 1 Date: February 22‚ 2013 Type of Activity: Group Debate Summary PROFESSOR AIDA M. ALFARO Members: Benedicto‚ Raymond Arman Gutierrez‚ Adrian Chua‚ Bryan Juan‚ Fatima Tyreza Joy Cortinas‚ Walfred Kasai‚ Ian Deocariza‚ Kim Luigi Villanueva‚ Julian Clement Guevarra‚ Allen Davey Yang‚ Jericho RAYMOND ARMAN BENEDICTO For me‚ I want
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ThePatrick Lombard Professor O’Brien English Composition November 30th‚ 2012 The Immigration Debate Today America is one of the most diverse countries in the world. But how did our country become this way? People who emigrated from different areas around the world immigrated to the United States and founded our nation. Even the people that would be considered "indigenous" to the U.S. had more then likely immigrated to the continent at some point in time. But today this is not the case‚ our
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1. Globalization affects national sovereignty of both developing countries as well as developed countries. By sovereignty‚ we mean the independence of countries to make decisions and conduct policy in different areas like the economy‚ corporate and industry related legislation‚ environmental regulations‚ politics‚ etc. From the video‚ please provide one example each of how globalization infringes on the national sovereignty of‚ a) a developing country‚ and‚ b) a developed country? How‚ and through
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American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima‚...That bomb had more power than 20‚000 tons of TNT...which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare”. By the summer of 1945‚ millions of soldiers and citizens of the world had died after years of fighting in the Second World War. Although Europe’s involvement in the war had come to an end‚ the War in the Pacific between the United States and Japan had not found its conclusion. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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favor of cloning‚ as long as it is under strict government control and ethical review. Others look forward to bringing extinct animals back into existence and helping endangered creatures from that fate. Although the ethics of cloning is still up to debate‚ the new outcoming science behind it is truly fascinating and time will only tell what will be
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I – Utilitarianism/Consequentialism A – Definition: The greatest good for the greatest number of people; sacrifices are OK B – Justifications: Life is a pre-requisite to ethics Bostrom1 Continuity is as important to our commitment to the project of the future of humanity as it is to our commitment to the projects of our own personal futures. Just as the shape of my whole life‚ and its connection with my present and past‚ have an interest that goes beyond that of any isolated experience
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known as “pro-choice” and “pro-life.” In the abortion debate‚ the health of the mother and the child are the primary concerns. Pro-choice activists are more for the mothers and Pro-life activists are more for the unborn child. Pro-life supporters would “consider the termination of pregnancy as murder‚ and claim that those who are pro-choice are like the Nazis who intended to eradicate the Jewish population” (Kadayifci 62). Pro-Life supporters take a higher stance on rights than pro-choice supporters;
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