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    A Case about Freedom -- Masterpiece Cake Shop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commissions Our world is entering a new phrase, when the society welcomes and embraces all kinds of identities. In this great era, people can bravely express their personal opinions, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation without the fear of being punished or discriminated. In every sense, we are living in a more unprejudiced world. However, with the increasing diversity of the society, problems and conflicts ensue. Complications between races, cultures and religions seem to exacerbate. Moreover, followed by the legalization of the same sex marriage in the U.S, the relationships between the LGBT and religious groups become even thornier. The upcoming Supreme Court…

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    Ferguson, the court deemed "absolute equality of the two races before the law" (Foner and Garraty, 1991). The political agenda tried to generalize the concept of equality, claiming that there is equality here when in fact there was not. The clear indication is that history repeated itself, and continued to do so up until segregation in the 1960s. In the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, Brian Duigan a writer for britannica.com delves into the opinion of John Marshall Harlan, whom insisted that this was…

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    The Film The Help

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    sections; each pertaining to each of the aforementioned objectives. Film Summary Released in 2011, The Help is an American period drama film which focuses on the experiences of two African American maids during the Civil Rights Movement. One of the maids (Aibileen Clark) works for Mrs. Leefort, a woman suffering from postpartum depression while the other maid (Minny Jackson), a woman with extraordinary culinary skills, works for Mrs. Walters. The two maids eventually become the subject of…

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    Hobbes philosophy which said, “Even the ‘weakest’ could kill the ‘strongest’ men are equal.” Locke believed in state of nature, men exist in complete freedom. Men are free to do whatever they desire. The state of nature…

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    its governance. This excerpt has pertinent implications that cannot be ignored by America’s political system. These concepts include “all men are created equal” and that people are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These rights can be…

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    Why Evidence Is Important

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    Evidence Evidence is something that tends to prove or disprove a particular fact, Whether a case is a civil case or criminal case both parties can provide evidence to help support their case and points but along with these come rules for different types of evidence available in law, Before I begin giving out the details of the different type of rules of evidence first we need to know and give a brief evaluation of what is a fair trial. The right to a fair trial is given to anybody who is…

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    Inclusion In America

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    Because the founding fathers refrained from freeing the slaves, when they had the chance right from the start, the country faced over 200 years of devastating racial tension. It was not until the late 1800’s that slavery was outlawed by the ratification of 13th Amendment (Klein, C. ), and not until the mid 1900’s that black and white individuals could co-exist. It was a long fought battle but the country overcame the racial difficulties and became a more diverse and inclusive nation. The civil…

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    Introduction This era was considered as the era of partisanship, this era was also the period of reform. The act of civil service was brought in to bring down the corruption by the government which required the applicants from the jobs of central government to take up the occupation. These years were the turbulent years which saw violence among the labor, increasing tension on the basis of race, military groups formation among the farmers and discontentment among the people who were…

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