Marriage Is Not Equal For All Gay Marriages Mikaela Acosta Gay marriage has been subject to taboo because our society has this conformed and learned version of marriage; marriage is only held between a man and a woman. Although this is more common today to hear of gay couples‚ in the first couple centuries in America this was almost unacceptable to general society. Beginning in 2001 was when gay marriage began to become much more widespread starting in Canada‚ Norway‚ Belgium‚ Argentina
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The Supreme Court is set to confront the issue of gay marriage for the first time in 40 years in two cases set for argument in late March. Same-sex couples are asking the justices to strike down California’s Proposition 8‚ which banned gay marriage in the state just six months after a court ruled that preventing gays and lesbians from marrying was unconstitutional. In a second case‚ a New York City widow is urging the court to strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)‚ which limits federal
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Proponents argue that other countries need the U.S. military for protection‚ while opponents argue that they are a nuisance. The pros argue that it’s important because the military protects allies‚ defends embassies‚ prevents wars from happening‚ keeps peace between countries. While the proponents argue it is bad because they affect foreign government‚ disrupts the peace‚ disturbs locals. The U.S. military is all over the world not just Iraq and afghanistan. There are soldiers deployed in japan‚
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“The thought of military grade weapons being given to the local police is madness” (Sgt. Rob Aponte quoted in Kachmar). GIving military grade weapons to local police is not something people think about daily. Most think if there is armored cars in their village would make their village safer‚ but is this really the case? According to the 1033 program‚ which was installed in 1997‚ more than 4.3 billion dollars of military gear has been given to local police across the nation senes 1997 (ingraham)
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Do you ever wonder what the military is about.Or what their job is in the military.well I’m going to tell you what they really do and some other cool things about them.Their job has many dangers thing that they have to protect us from.And their job is very hard and they try hard to protect us americans. The united states armed forces is highly trained men and women that fight and protect our country.About 1.0 million people served in the reserves
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Military Interventions like those in Ukraine‚ Iraq‚ Yemen and Syria is the invasion of another country’s army to suppress the chaos in a particular country. This is mostly executed without the consent of country invaded. The Republic of Austria is against military intervention and believes that it only adds to the damage caused by disruption of peace. A constitutional law passed in 1955 declared Austria’s “perpetual neutrality” and it is one of the six European countries that have declared this.
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Military spending is one of the most nationally talked about topics however‚ so is improvements regarding education. I believe that the United States government should not dramatically cut all military spending and not invest all of the budget savings in improvements in education. The United States dollar amount toward military spending is at 597.5 billion dollars. How much the US spends on military spending is a political decision allowing the opposite side of the political party to think that dollar
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good.” Said Air Force Chief Scientist Mica Endsley. (Military) If one unmanned combat drone can do the work of ten military soldiers without the chance of one of the soldiers getting injured or dying‚ then I’m all for military drone use. Even though our military uses drones to kill hostiles in foreign countries this does not mean that drones all together are bad. In saying this I decided to dive deeper into the use of drones in not only the military aspect but also the private sector and recreational
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More or Less: Military Defense Spending David Dmytryszyn Baker College More or Less: Military Defense Spending The 9/11 attacks forced Americans to have to start worrying about their homeland being attacked at anytime. This added to military spending in the billions. That along with the war in Iraq and the numerous military bases and troops stationed around the world has sent the military spending budget well over 500 billion a year.(globalissues.org‚ 2009) 500 hundred is the budget but the
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Gay & Lesbian Adoption We as a society have this false sense of reality that everyone is treated equal‚ but I often ponder if we are truly equal? Everyone in the world today fears what they cannot understand. People have this enormous cowardice of homosexuality. If we as a nation are looked upon as being righteous‚ then why do we treat same sex relationships unfairly? Nowadays‚ same sex relationships are a natural occurrence. Everywhere in today’s media it is very easy to hear and see about the
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