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    I chose the article “The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Switch Sides in Gay Marriage” Logic out of Time’s online magazine. I chose this because I am a Christian and I do not believe in same sex marriage. I believe this because the bible says it is immoral and because God gave man woman, so he would not be alone, he did not give man another man. God does all things with a purpose, including creating humans, to bring glory to him. That is why I am refuting same sex marriage and the rights that come…

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    the development of this country. People all have their own opinions on what their responsibility as an American is. It is all what you believe in and how you think you can help your country. Imagine that you were the only one to stand during the pledge with your hand on your heart. Everyone's eyes are beating down on you as if you were doing something wrong, but you still had the courage to do so. You had the courage to do so because you believed that was your duty as an American. My…

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    produced The Pledge of Allegiance In the year of August 1892 and President Eisenhower, in 1954 and Congress added the phrase under God into the Pledge of Allegiance. 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," forming the 31-word pledge. However, their many people are against because they don't believe or does stand for flag and falling that protect and never came home. Which guide into a lawsuit of pledge…

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    Minority Rules In America

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    Minority Rules Religion is one of the largest controversies in the world, and this is mainly because of how many different people with different backgrounds and cultures are in America. It creates positivity and brings people together, while making countries fight and cause terrorism. America founded its nation on religion, and has slowly pushed it away year by year. Religion is being pushed out of our classrooms, schools, and communities because of the small percentage of people in America that…

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    the classrooms of public schools, at the beginning of sports meets, in the opening of a military meeting, the “Pledge of Allegiance” brings Americans back to the good ole’ days of fighting for our freedoms, loving our neighbors and earning our equality. But can the “Pledge” promise freedom and fairness to all when the oath itself is discriminatory towards American minorities? Should a pledge that only references the Christian majority serve as the oath for America, a nation that prides itself on…

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    The novel The Pledge is originally subtitled Requiem for the Detective Novel. In what way is The Pledge a traditional detective novel and in what way is it not? Discuss. The Pledge is a crime novella written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt in the 1950’s. Since it was originally subtitled Requiem for the Detective Novel, this raises the question – how is it so different from other novels in the same genre? This question will be answered in this essay by thoroughly analyzing the plot as well as the…

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    America was created with a foundation of freedom, hope, and for many a fresh start from their once home Great Britain. From the very beginning in 1776 we had to make sacrifices to be where we are today in the now twentieth first century (2015) with being such a prosperous country we have made enemies and allies. To stay a world SuperPower you have to continually progress, something that is to be questioned is whether we have been continually growing as a country. America is 239 years old.…

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    Introduction: What is a principle? As defined by the dictionary it is “a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.” In the book The 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen, he defines twenty-eight important principles that our Founding Fathers believed we must follow in order for our nation to succeed. He explains that because we have stayed diligent on keeping these truths, we have been able to progress more in two…

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    Reality Tv Stereotypes

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    The pledge of allegiance states “One Nation... with Liberty and Justice for all, (4 USC Sec. 4).” These strong words are stated daily by people around the United States in allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. Such strong and meaningful words that do not include the actions by most of those in the land of the “free”. America is seen as one of the greatest countries in the worlds being advanced in technology, politics, business and, being a place seen to be a land of opportunity…

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    Aside from these opportunities, America is embodied with beliefs, rituals and a rich history. At a young age, the Pledge of Allegiance was rooted into my daily routine to profess my love for this country and learn the values upon which it was founded. I whole heartedly considered myself an American that was equal to native-born Americans, as we were both learning the…

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