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    Should Women have equal rights to Men? Men and women should have equal rights in the areas of speech‚ education‚ respect and the right to vote. They should be given their rights so that they have the same social‚ economical and political status as men. It has been a cultural belief of many regions that women exist to be housewives and mothers; these beliefs give women limited roles. They are considered inferior to men in terms of intellect; this has underestimated women’s talents leaving them with

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    Why would you keep a murderer alive that expects society to save his own life‚ when he clearly did not value another human beings life? That question must be answered when deciding if convicted murderers should be given expensive health care when they have already been condemned to die for their crimes. Oregon taxpayers continue to disburse more than $120‚000 per year to administer life saving dialysis for a condemned killer. Horacio Alberto Reyes-Camarena was sentenced to death row years ago for

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    Every American should be allowed the right to vote. It is an ongoing problem that people are not registering to vote‚ don’t go to vote or are not allowed to vote. for examples people who are convicted of a felony are not allowed to vote in many states. However‚ after they serve their time‚ they should be able to be reintroduced to society and regain all of their rights. Including the right to be able to vote. In order for Americans to not lose their right to vote we need to be able to show that

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    C. Former Confederates and African American defenders had opposing views on new black legislators. Former Confederates‚ such as English clergyman J.W. Leigh‚ felt as though blacks were prematurely given the right to vote. Leigh argued that because blacks received franchise only five years after the abolition of slavery‚ they were incapable and easily influenced by radical republicans. To back his claim‚ Leigh cited the passing of a large grant for the Alabama and Chattanooga Railway. He states

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    In May 1776[[[‚]]] the highly ranked political philosopher John Adams wrote a letter to John Sullivan expressing the republican idea that property should be a prerequisite for the exercise of the right to vote. John Adams was a disciplined scholar that gained knowledge of government and law through his attendance at Harvard University at the age of sixteen. In 1758 he became a recognized able lawyer in Braintree‚ Massachusetts where he was born. Adams became very involved in government decisions

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    “The right of a competent‚ terminally-ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embraced a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered Liberty.”(ACLU amicus brief v. Quill). The law of Physician-assisted suicide is legal in 5 US states. According to CNN‚ “Individuals must have a terminal illness as well as a prognosis of 6 months or less to live.” Patients should have the right to die because patients should have control of their lives and should

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    Should a Woman Have The Right To Choose? I was raised to believe Abortion was wrong. There were always other options. My best friend‚ Kimberly‚ had a sister who used abortion as a form of birth control; we were aware of three before graduation. If she had only known her choices‚ she might have saved innocent lives. In 1994 a friend of mine found herself in an unwanted pregnancy. She had only one year of college left; she knew she couldn’t disappoint her parents by going to them with the dilemma

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    It is indeed important that rights are considered with responsibilities. In every human undertaking‚ it is understood that rights are given because of the responsibility that a person has adopted. Rights cannot be given to irresponsible people. It is true that people who are given rights often abuse them and make society pay the price. Certainly‚ teenagers are old enough to make decisions about things that concern them. It is at the end of the teenage that a lot of decisions are made. Decisions

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    Should animals have rights? A lot of people would say no because humans are the top 10% of the food chain‚so does this give us the right to take away animal rights? The answer is yes ‚ imagine a society where humans‚ who are superior to animals‚ have to abide to the same rules as an animal. Animals should not have a bill of rights because God gave humans superiority over other animals‚ Animals don’t respect our rights‚ If animals have rights‚ then so do vegetables‚ and humans and animals differ greatly

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    their weapons all the time are just that: excuses! “My gun isn’t comfortable‚” “I’m not sure which round I should use‚” “I’m afraid someone will notice my gun and call the cops‚” “I’m not 100% sure where I can and can’t carry‚” “I don’t know if I should I carry OWB or IWB or tuck‚” “I don’t know which gun is best for concealed carry‚” or‚ “which caliber I should use?” are typical excuses that have no real argument against the idea of “everyday carry” (Owens). The idea of everyday carry is self-explanatory:

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