Boy Scouts of America

views as normal. Many people are denied the same rights as everyone else in this country because of how they express themselves or simply for who they are. One of the most controversial topics in America is gay rights and whether or not “they” deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples. In America, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) community should receive equality through the institutions of marriage, gender rights, and social acceptance. Imagine…

society in which character, rather than color, prevailed. For his efforts, Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Tragically, King was assassinated in 1968, but his ideals live on and his words continue to inspire. Do you think America has come any closer to creating the society that King envisioned? "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." -…

them affect them and their decision to make the world a better place for women in the past, present and future. Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer for Facebook, and her organization Lean In partnered with Anna Maria Chavez, CEO of Girl Scouts of America, to create a campaign to encourage leadership…

The Swastika has been held to many ideologies over the course of its existence. At present, its most widely known and understood message is that of the Nazi regime; a twisted, anti-Semitic movement that brought the entire world to a screeching, weeping halt. Just the sight of the four pronged, askew symbol puts many people on edge. Nowadays, only members of white power gangs affiliate themselves with such a wronged symbol. However, every criminal has a story, and even a criminalized symbol had…

Senator Fulbright states that Vietnam has an established military and government which didn’t govern its own people or demand loyalty. Senator Fulbright uses the government and military in order to provide reasoning for Americas so called “defense of freedom.” A furthering aspect of Fulbright’s argument was the justification of pushing American values on the Vietnamese people. The Senators connection of an American presence being unwanted was justified with his depiction…

The bitter cry of the Children by John Spargo was a great example of a book that exposed the child labor involved in the textile industries and coal mines. Because of this exposure, people made changes and future presidents made changes to the way America ran and made it a better…

What Was Neil Armstrong's Life Like Growing Up? Neil Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930. He was born in Ohio. He had a brother and a sister. He was in the Boy Scouts of America. Armstrong flew in an airplane when he was 6. That flight made him love airplanes. He attended Blume High School in Ohio. Armstrong went to college at Purdue University. While he was in college, he left to serve in the U.S. Navy. He flew planes during the Korean War. Then he came back to college and finished the degree…

I have mixed emotions on the Boy Scouts of America ruling of rather it was exercising its rights given to it by the First Amendment or rather it should not be allowed to exclude people based on the public accommodation exclusion in the first amendment. Considering the U.S. Supreme Court made up of lawyers could not agree, 5 to 4 decision, I am sure that it is beyond my ability to determine legally where BSA falls into this definition. My biggest objection to the BSA ruling is that it did not…

provoking way towards the incredibly huge issue that is racism. Additionally, the book To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, gives examples of the issues of racism as well, but more importantly, the correct response to those issues. For example, when Scout, the daughter of Atticus Finch, asks her father if he really is a “‘n***** lover’”, like everybody says he is, he responds, “‘I certainly am. I do my best to love…

Velez 1 Manuela Velez Heather Marshall English 2 December 7, 2015 Annotated Bibliography Brooks, Gwendolyn Elizabeth. “The Last Quatrain of the Ballad of Emmett Till.” All Poetry. All Poetry, n/d. Web. 7 Dec. 2015. “The Last Quatrain of Emmett Till” is a poem written by Gwendolyn Brooks that describes the pain and what his mother feels to know that her child, that she tried to protect from any harm, was lynched because he was “flirting” with a white woman. Emmett Till was alive during…