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    for the military life. Being required to serve two years in the military should not be required because it does not agree with all people. Serving in the military goes against many people’s religious beliefs. For example, the Christadelphians and Amish don’t believe in going to war. Many world religions are peaceful…

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    States. I think that it should be completely separate, because it only causes problems between two groups of people. Church in schools has caused problems for many years and probably many more years to come. In the case of Wisconsin vs Yoder the young Amish men were fighting because their religion made them live out of the world from ages 14-16, the school out weighed the individual rights. An Arkansas law banning teaching the idea of evolution was unconstitutional, because it was based on…

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    EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, Inc. was a case where the EEOC sued Abercrombie because the company refused to give a job to a woman named Samantha Elauf because of her head scarf. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc is a national chain of clothing stores that requires its employees to follow the “Look Policy” that reflects the Store’s style and forbids black clothing and any sort of caps. It claimed that the company violated Title Vll of the civil…

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    People say that nothing and nobody is perfect. It is not possible for utopias to exist.My first reson why utopias should not exist is because they started because they wanted control over people, made big changes in the community, and had to ban certain things. As always ended up being unsuccessful. They started because they wanted to make everyone equal and the same. Many people and countries have attempted to create utopian societies but none have. Most utopian and societies last for only a…

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    He did acknowledge the existing Amish Country Theater helps to attract visitors from great distances, and, with that understanding, encouraged them to apply for a bed tax grant, many of which are awarded, but for a maximum of about $10,000 a year, often much less. The commissioners did…

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    I have read pages one through one hundred seventy-seven of Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. In this book a baby is found dead in an Amish barn. An unmarried Amish teen is accused of giving birth and killing the baby. She is facing murder charges and must convince society that she did not kill the baby and it was not hers. In this journal, I will be characterizing Katie and questioning who the father and killer of the baby is. G: In this journal, Katie can be characterized as dedicated and…

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    It allows me to explore the different methods of creation. Using only hand tools is one of the hardest methods, but much more fulfilling. The absence of power tools really puts things into perspective. I have a much greater appreciation for how the Amish live after using hand tools. Woodworking also lets me develop cognitive abilities, like multitasking and visualization. I am constantly planning projects getting new ideas, so being able to visualize what I want is very important. While working…

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    Sound and Fury The Cochlear Implant will help the hearing impaired to once again hear; but controversy between a family and the treatment and the established a culture within the hearing impaired community would send shock ways thru the hearing impaired society; How the deaf reveal their own identity for themselves; the deaf society don’t consider it handicap and most have a successful job. Peter worked for a successful Wall Street firm, but peter would never move up into higher position; as…

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    Ethical Relativism

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    The normative theory of ethical relativism is one that states that there is no right or wrong, simply that people from different areas of the world and from different cultures have their own set of beliefs and way of doing things. This fits into ethical relativism because in theory there are no moral principles that are universal and the same throughout the world. This theory claims that it would be impossible for one single set of rules or ‘rights and wrongs’ to ever pertain to everyone on the…

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    maple syrup due to its distinctive sweet odor of affected infant’s urine. MSUD can damage the brain when in physical stress, such as fever, infection, starving. MSUD affects approximately 1 in 180,000 infants worldwide. A higher chance in children of Amish, Mennonite, and Jewish descent. Mutations in the BCKDHA, BCKDHB, and DBT genes can cause maple syrup urine disease. These three genes work together as a complex; they give instructions for the production of proteins. The…

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