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Homosexual Marriage
Number of Words: 1179 / Number of Pages: 5
... as heterosexual unions (Kaplan 16). Factually, recent polls state that two-thirds of American adults oppose same-sex unions in which the homosexuals are given rights such as tax breaks, Social Security, divorce rights, hospital visits, custody, or inheritance. In a different poll taken, American adults were asked if should be legal; sixty-four percent stated no, while only twenty-nice percent said yes. The same group of adults were also asked about homosexual adoption. Fifty-seven percent said no, while thirty-five percent agreed (Cloud 44).
Broadening our systematic form of marriage weakens it. on a ...
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Federalism's Role In Our Government
Number of Words: 1846 / Number of Pages: 7
... that individual happiness is the unselfish regard for the general welfare of society. Hume was greatly influenced by John Locke and said that the concept of right and wrong is not rational but arises from a regard for one’s own happiness.
Federalism was incorporated into the Constitution in order to make sure that the national government did not gain too much power. After the revolution, many people feared a monarchy or any form of government in which the central ruling body had too much power. The framers wanted the states to have much more power than the national government, and allowed the ...
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1996: A Turbulent Year For Israel
Number of Words: 1689 / Number of Pages: 7
... permits given to Palestinians allowing them to go from there jobs
in Israel to there homes in Gaza and the and the West Bank. That leads to
another issue over whether or not a rail link between Gaza and the West Bank
should be formed. The major problem with that would be the cost. In the next
round of Israeli-PLO peace talks, both sides could not reach a compromise and
after four hours talks failed. To complicate matters further 3,000 houses were
approved to be built in the West Bank by the Israeli government. "Peace Now
spokesman", Alon Arnon, called the housing, "A final burial of the hope of ...
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The Importance Of National Security
Number of Words: 704 / Number of Pages: 3
... system), Israel and South Africa.
When the Soviet Union fell apart, all the republics sent their nuclear weapons to Russia. However, there is no proof that the new countries that were formed and now have dictatorships, such as Belaruse (which used to have nuclear weapons), Khazakstan and even Ukraine gave up all of their nuclear weapons. At least they could still have the technology that would enable them to produce those weapons.
Another issue is that several very dangerous countries are now on the verge of obtaining their own nuclear weapons. North Korea, Iraq, Iran and a few other coun ...
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Did The Congress Made Amendment 14 To Punish The South?
Number of Words: 413 / Number of Pages: 2
... for the Confederate States of America, than you can't hold any
United States, or individual state office. This is punishment to those leaders
of the Confederacy who have committed an act of treason. This is a suitable
punishment for these people who are not suited to hold any office.
Paragraph 4 states that debts incurred in aid of rebellion are void.
This drastically hurts the people who supported the south. If someone had sold
products to the south, expecting that after the war they would get paid a great
sum of money, than they would get nothing from the United States government and
nothin ...
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Overpopulation
Number of Words: 648 / Number of Pages: 3
... of parents, voters, consumers, and leaders. The choices they make are critical to stabilizing the population and protecting the environment. Educating the youth of the future will help them to understand the problems the earth faces and how they can help by influencing and being the political leaders who can adopt responsible population policies. One problem the earth and its inhabitants face today is our lack of resources due to of the increasing number of people. Tropical forests cover only 7 percent of the earth’s surface, but it holds over half of all plant and animal species in the world. The rat ...
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Bipartisanship
Number of Words: 1003 / Number of Pages: 4
... dereliction of duty on the part of national political reporters. More than fifty congress critters, senators, and state governors have announced their retirements in the past year, after they received packets from a group of hackers called the Fifth Column detailing illegal and unreported income from bribes, kickbacks, payoffs, and whatnot. This story of the wholesale sell-out of the U.S. political process should rank as one of the top stories of the decade. But the national media blandly reports the contrived explanations ("I just want to spend more time with my heretofore neglected family") and ...
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Consequences And Cause Of Refu
Number of Words: 588 / Number of Pages: 3
... better work prospects. Others may have been killed or separated from their families in the excitement of flight. As a consequence, a large number of refugee women find themselves as single heads of households. These women often risk ill treatment and exploitation as they assume the responsibilities of caring, alone, for their families. Their problems are exacerbated when they cannot find any legal form of work. So they turn to prostitution or other illegal activities, in order to support their families.
Refugees are also faced with the problem of what country to migrate to. America, being the numb ...
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Foreign Policy
Number of Words: 761 / Number of Pages: 3
... Destiny, or God-given right to use its power to help oppressed nations, and in turn to rule them, to embrace the democratic government. Revolts and conspiracies against the Spanish regime had dominated Cuban political life throughout the 19th century, and the Cuban struggle for independence became an active revolution in 1895 after Spain failed to institute reforms promised to the Cuban people in 1878. In response to the fighting Spanish troops drove much of the population into confinement camps, and thousands died of disease and malnutrition. The reports of Spanish cruelties shocked the United ...
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Analysis Of Women In The Milit
Number of Words: 999 / Number of Pages: 4
... lining there is the contention by some that in letting women serve,
especially in a direct combat role, we are defeating the primary
purpose of the military: to protect our mother country. This view
could be considered to fall in unison with the ancient double standard
that women are the weaker gender. But what is combat specifically?
Combat is about being exhausted, hungry, and living in the mud for
long periods without access to clean water for drinking or bathing.
It's about long periods of boredom interrupted by violent interludes
of jolting fear, mingled with the ...
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