Moreover, Carol Comer is the director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. According to the Supreme Court, the state Department of Natural Resources will not provide any funds or grants because Trinity Lutheran was a church, and the state constitution prohibits spending any state money in aid of a religion.…
1 Wilson Follett, in the article “On Usage, Purism, Pedantry” from Modern American Usage, promotes how two parties view the rights and wrongs concerning the usage of language. 2 When Follett presents usage, he introduces two groups. The first group are conservatives. Conservatives believe that there is a correct way and a wrong way when using standard English relating to words and writing sentences. The second group, the linguists deny that there is a thing as correct language usage. 3…
disturbing to me because how the information goes further and describes. “It would be like having your fingers cut off at the first time knuckle” from “It’s Now Illegal to Declaw Cats in Denver” by Carley shocked me by describing and comparing human’s fingers and cat’s claws. It became a huge problem for cats to live healthy because the surgery produces complications from declawing. States began banning declawing and it’s a torture for cats therefore veterinarians made a huge profit off this…
In December of 1965, a group of adults and students in Des Moines planned to protest the War in Vietnam and show support for a truce by wearing black armbands during the holiday season. The schools of Des Moines became aware of this plan and adopted a policy that would require any student wearing an armband to school to remove their armband. Failure to do so would be met with a suspension until return without the armband. On December 16th, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore black…
"Why the Government Shouldn't Have Control Over the Internet I don't think that the Federal Government has the right to go through our social media, wiretap us, or restrict what we can or can_Ñét see. We have our First Amendment right to say what we feel online and look up what we want to see without having the Government only give us some of the information. If the Government can monitor what we can or can_Ñét see, then what stops them from giving us one-sided information. They could ban us…
frankly it is its job. Authority figures are not naive at all, but they may be insensitive and think they are better than everyone else. “Language has consequences, especially when it comes from those in public office…” (Tampa Bay) As The Odyssey Online states, it doesn't matter what you think about political correctness because you aren't the victim. We deserve to have our concerns and problems addressed. The Odyssey Online also says that being accepting and tolerant of every race, ethnicity,…
and religious beliefs, and even college criticism have become a part of discussion on college campuses, most colleges have a bias that affect students in positive and negative way depending on own political views. Students are getting their 1st amendment right taken away because they think and show different political and religious ideas and protest that goes against the colleges believe. Their is also misrepresentation of information in the lessons they teach due to the political and religious…
vary between each individual college, some targeting all unpopular ideas, while others are specifically aimed at harassment and hate speech. Despite their overwhelming prevalence, speech codes have frequently been ruled unconstitutional by local, state and supreme courts. Codes that have been struck down are frequently criticized for vagueness and ambiguity, that reserves too much power for the judgement of campus authorities and leaves students questioning what may or may not be a violation of…
The freedom of speech, press, and religion have been pillars of the United States and other Democratic nations who knew they needed to have these rights guaranteed. The freedom of discussion was a tool against tyranny, it was known that those who can talk, gather, and discuss were given the power of expression and the power of change. Being able to say what you want, and need is a cornerstone of diversification that allows the ideals of democracy to continue into a new era. So why would…
West Side of Manhattan. Her family was well-off and sent her to a catholic girl’s school called, the Convent of the Sacred Heart. At age four Stefani began taking piano lessons and wrote her first song shortly after that. It was called “Dollar Bills” which was inspired by Pink Floyd’s song, “Money”. Lester states in his book that, “The young Stefani Germanotta would take every opportunity to engage passers-by with her musical and theatrical routines”. ‘As it says on www.ladygaga.com’, “The…