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My Belief About Gay And Lesbian Families
<view this essay>.... is indisputably wrong to describe homosexuals as anti-family.
Unquestionably gay men and lesbians form families. They are established groups of individuals who interrelate in order to satisfy their mutual needs for love and affection. They are interdependent economically, psychologically and physically.
Without question these social units formed by gay men and lesbians constitute families.
Homosexual parents are not a negative attribute and is as moral and virtuous as heterosexual families ; therefore, the desire to be a parent is not only for heterosexuals.
Gays, like non-gays, are often inclined toward parenthood. Don Clark, a gay father and c .....
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Should Animals Be Used For Research Testing?
<view this essay>.... severe pain and that many research animals are abused. These people do not feel that there is a need to put the animals through such pain. Someone or something has to be tested on, and us as humans are the dominant species, therefore; allowing us to perform experiments on other species. The only cruel sides I see to these experiments are when something has already been proven and scientists keep experimenting with the animals.
Animal research is a major part of today’s society when thinking of how much progress we have gained in human health with the use of animal experimentation. Vaccines against polio, mumps, measles, rubella, and smallpox would not ha .....
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Homosexuals: A Suspect Class?
<view this essay>.... from the ordination of homosexuals to
homosexual marriages. Furthermore, the homosexual community is more prominent
than ever: Lesbians and gay men are fighting for civil rights in the courtroom
and in Congress, there are gay characters on prime-time television shows, well-
known public figures openly discussing their homosexuality, and there is
virtually no one who can claim that they have never had contact with a
homosexual. In the middle of all this publicity, there lingers a pending
Supreme Court case in which the fate of the homosexual lies: Romer v. Evans, a
case that dominated Colorado that has come to "symbolize the controversy over
gay legal righ .....
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Sexual Harassment
<view this essay>.... of sexual is relating to, having or
involving sex. The dictionary definition of harassment is to annoy persistently.
The definition of sexual harassment then is to persistently annoy someone
through the use of sexual tactics.
The movie Disclosure portrays an act of sexual harassment in the
workplace. It involves a male and a female. In this case the male is the
person who is sexually harassed. In the movie the male character Michael
Douglas is sexually harassed by the Female character Demi Moore. The two
characters used to share a very sexual relationship at one time. The two split
up and did not here from each other in a long time. Demi than shows up .....
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Puerto Rican Cultural And Religion
<view this essay>.... accepted our presence
without any apprehension, however, as I stated before, this probably is a result
of I myself being Puerto Rican American. There were some striking differences
between the English mass and the Spanish mass.
The first noticeable difference was in attendance. The Spanish mass had
a considerable higher attendance than did the English mass. Also the appearance
of the manner of dress. The attendees of the Spanish mass were more formally
dressed than those of the English mass. Another major difference was in the
music. The English mass had the "traditional" European "angelica" type singing.
The Spanish mass, however, had more upbeat .....
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Socialism
<view this essay>.... range from constitutional
change to violent revolution.
ORIGINS OF SOCIALISM
Some scholars believe that the basic principles of socialism were derived from
the philosophy of Plato, the teachings of the Hebrew prophets, and some parts of
the New Testament (the Sermon on the Mount, for example). Modern socialist
ideology, however, is essentially a joint product of the 1789 French Revolution
and the Industrial Revolution in England--the word socialist first occurred in
an English journal in 1827. These two great historical events, establishing
democratic government in France and the conditions for vast future economic
expansion in England, also engendered a .....
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Racism In Colleges
<view this essay>.... slaves were never taught how to read or write. In the 1800's everyone's
feelings about slavery, good or bad, culminated in one big war, the American
Civil War. During this period, the slaves really tried to break free from their
past stereotypes. A small percentage of them taught themselves to read and write
and they began to teach others.
Some blacks even fought in the Civil War. The most educated were
selected and several black units were formed. Once the North had defeated the
South in the war, the slaves were freed from bondage, however, that did not mean
that they would be free from the terrible prejudice that still permeated the
country.
Schools s .....
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Preventing Chronic Delinquency: The Search For Childhood Risk Factors
<view this essay>.... that lessen the impact of these factors prevent chronic delinquency?
Researchers have long sought factors that are regularly associated with chronic delinquency. The strongest factor, as mentioned above, is a history of antisocial behavior in childhood, but many other early risk factors have also been linked to chronic delinquency. These factors, listed in Table 1, include perinatal difficulties, neurological and biological factors, low verbal ability, neighborhoods characterized by social disorganization and violence, parental criminality and substance abuse, inconsistent and/or harsh parenting practices, low socioeconomic status, and exposure to media violen .....
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