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    marriage homes are less smart‚ unstable‚ and generally do not perform as well as children from traditional homes. The most important thing in the article was about same sex marriage and the fact that if same sex marriage is allowed it will lead to polygamy and podophile acts being legal as well because it is nearly the same thing in the eyes of god. There are many things to rebute in this article nearly everything in my opinion lacks credibility because it all sounds like an opinion since there

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    Outline 1: Prostitution‚ Crack‚ Pot‚ Alcohol‚ Homosexuality‚ and Polygamy I. Sexual Deviance A. Tolerated Sexual Variation 1. Prostitution – engaging in sexual relations for money or other considerations a. Forms of Prostitution 1. Streetwalkers – approach cars in our nation’s cities (both men and women); lowest rung; more likely to be assaulted or killed; more likely to have pimps 2. Bar girls – women who pick up men at bars 3. Brothels – massage parlors offering sexual services 4. Call girls/Escorts

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    that are wrong. I agree with his argument that four of the things that we should look to in whatever being we worship are “(1) genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking‚ and child warriors; (3) slavery‚ polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ Project Muse‚ pg 88) When Goodman talks about genocide‚ famine‚ and germ warfare‚ he said that “All living things make claims to life.” and “Murder is wrong because it destroys a

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    Sub-Saharan Africa‚ located in the Atlantic Region and the Indian Ocean Region. Sub-Saharan Africa went through many cultural reforms from 1450 CE to 1750 CE‚ there were changes like an increase in religions‚ Christianity and Islam‚ and the balancing of polygamy because of the distorted gender ratios due to the slave trade. Although continuities seen were that the practice of traditional animism continued‚ the firm influence of Islam continued‚ and liberal roles of women. The changes in Africa’s religion

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    A Critique of Man’s Control Over Civilization: An Anthropocentric Illusion By Leslie A. White. Within the first few sentences of the article Leslie White provides us with a clear thesis: Man believes that he is in control of his civilization by creations such as "tools and machines…At least he so fondly believes." The purpose of Leslie’s article is to prove that man only believes that he has control over civilization and the process which are contained herein. Leslie starts the article

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    this for educational purposes to enhance the downward spiral that our society could fall into. Issues such as polygamy‚ gender roles‚ abuse of power‚ anarchy‚ and social rankings are developed through the dystopia that the novel is based around. Everybody is forced to where a different colour based on social ranking‚ forced to follow a specific role‚ and cut off from their old lives. Polygamy is exaggerated through the commanders‚ the men who rule the house‚ are given several women who all serve different

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    Family structure is very important throughout the Igbo tribe. The structure includes nuclear and extended family settings‚ how the men of the tribe practiced polygamy‚ and the roles of the mother‚ father‚ and the children. In the story Things Fall Apart Okonkwo had a nuclear family structure this included himself‚ three wives‚ and their children. The extended family structure includes a variety of family members such as grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ nephews‚ nieces‚ in-laws‚ and the immediate family

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    When studying African history‚ it is important to realize that the information produced by the analysis is dependent on the lens the scholar is viewing Africa through. When studying African societies through structural functionalists such as Evans Pritchard‚ we tend to see African societies as unchanged ethnic groups whose lives are controlled by the dominating social/political institutions. Yet those theorists that succeed Pritchard‚ tend to show the power our bias has on the narrative of the societies

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    religion. Later there were financial issue which led Joseph Smith to move the headquarters to the Midwest. After looking at many locations he chose Missouri‚ then he built his second temple in Nauvoo‚ Illinois. Joseph Smith was later accused of polygamy and aspiring to create a theocracy. These charges led to his assassination by an angry mob of non- Mormons. Joseph Smith was born in Sharon‚ Vermont on December 23‚ 1805. In the 1820’s he became the leader of a small group of followers who believed

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    the differences among the polygamous marriages in So Long a Letter. “You think the problem of polygamy is a simple one. Those who are involved In it know the constraints‚ the lies‚ the injustices that weigh down their consciences In return for the ephemeral joys of change‚ I am sure you are motivated by love‚ a love that existed well before your marriage and that fate has not been able to satisfy.” I think this quotation captures the true essence of the novel and represents the central conflict

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