When pastors are pressed for their opinions about same-sex marriage‚ they should affirm both the theological position that marriage is designed for the union of male and female‚ and the moral position that sexual relations outside of marital union transgress the generous will of God. Church leaders should realize same-sex couples reside everywhere. The 2010 federal census estimates there are 131‚000 married same-sex couples and 514‚000 unmarried same-sex couples. Whether pastors also wish to take
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The Guardian Long Live the Tiger! Upon reading Jeremy Clarkson’s article‚ ‘Stuff the Tiger’‚ I discovered that I strongly disagree with his point of view and the way he writes them‚ a good example of this is when Clarkson uses inappropriate sarcasm to belittle the sensitive issue. I begin to realize that he thinks any publicity is good publicity as has a passion for pontificating on subjects that he knows absolutely nothing about. He begins to patronize the tigers by trying to be humorous. He first
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The world we live in has changed a lot in the last thirty years. Our children used to take lunch boxes to school‚ play hide and seek and eat homemade cooked meals on a regular basis. Nowadays they eat lunch at the school cafeteria or they pick up a soda and a bag of chips from one of the many vending machines located on school properties. They also enjoy playing video games in front of the TV and since their parents are busy‚ they replace dinners with pizzas and frozen dinners heated in the microwave
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12th June‚ 2013 Does the high level of Carbon Dioxide (C02) possibly harm the Earth’s planetary biosphere‚ or has it already done so; in fact‚ many worldwide scientists have protested that the Earth is at its ‘tipping point’ but no efforts have been adapted to save the biosphere? A support of this controversial topic; congressional meeting and testimony‚ is from one of the top U.S. climate scientists‚ James Hansen to Former Vice President Al Gore‚ with an emphasis on the cause of C02. Beyond
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To think that a vaccine can save a community is to believe that a single grain of rice can end world hunger. Sure‚ if everyone was to be vaccinated‚ perhaps there would be a difference. However‚ the reality is this is not the case. Several people believe that kids who are not vaccinated impose health threats on kids who have been vaccinated. This belief is flawed because the kids with the vaccines are the ones who are bringing the viruses into our schools. The vaccines carry the very virus that they
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A whistleblower is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities. However‚ Sharron Watkins only blew the whistle internally and so did not do everything she was morally required do as Vice President of Corporate Development for Enron. 1. Sharron Watkins ignored the first signs of fraud in a selfish pursuit to develop her own career. When first warning signs of fraud happened in 1996 Watkins protested against them to higher management however
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The case of Terry Schiavo is one of great controversy‚ in the sense that she perished due to euthanasia. For over ten years‚ Schiavo had been in a persistent vegetative state; in a legal campaign‚ her husband and parents disputed over whether Schiavo’s feeding tube should be restored‚ as it was removed from her due to her husband’s wishes (Euthanasia –Pro 1). The way Schiavo died was ethical‚ due to the fact that she had been in a persistent vegetative state with no possible way of recovering. Although
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Schools can have many problems students and social issues. Many parents and school faculty have wondered if school uniforms could help some of these problems. Some of their problems may be how some students don’t have enough money to buy certain clothes which could be in style‚ other problems could be that clothes could represent gang related things. The bullying in schools has always been a problem‚ and parents think school uniforms could help that. As a student‚ I know that bullying happens in
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Jane Doe ENG 112.0002 26 October 2011 How We Are Teaching Children to Think Inside the Box When children come home from school‚ parents usually sit down with them‚ go through their homework folders and ask their child‚ “so‚ what did you learn at school today?” Twenty years ago‚ the child may have commented on what they learned in art‚ music‚ social studies or geography. Now‚ a child will comment only on what they learned in their reading circle or in their math book. The fault for this lies
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The whole point of the story in advertising is to effectively deliver the desired call to action. The effectiveness of an advertisement seeks to appeal to the emotions‚ make a connection‚ and impact the audience. In other words‚ an ad is effective when it grabs the audience’s attention and that people are receptive to what they see and read on a commercial. As part of the effectiveness‚ ad creators found out that if they associate their products with high-profiled personalities‚ it will generate
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