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Scarlet Letter and Crucible Essay To listen to your conscience rather than society's norms is often an unpopular opinion, especially in a religious environment. However, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller argue just that, in their renowned literary works The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible. The Scarlet Letter the life of Hester Prynne, a woman who commits adultery with the town’s minister Dimmesdale, while The Crucible reminds us of the the Salem Witch Trials with John Proctor, a farmer who…

towards gays and lesbians. In recent years, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals have been fighting long and hard to get the same rights and benefits as their heterosexual counterparts. Any person who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex is guilty of sodomy. For example, Lawrence and Garner were arrested in Texas for having consensual sex…

The time of Christmas and holidays should be a time of happiness but things like this should have the appropriate time and place. Melanie Springer Mock, in her article “Separation of Church and State: A war on Christmas and Other Misguided Notions,” recounts her celebrations of the birth of Jesus. Mock purpose is to urge those who are not Christian are and still left out since the separation of the church from the government. She adopts a sentimental tone in order to appeal to the similar…

the Front felt that they were part of the movement that was antiwar, liberation, and collation of the new left. "The current system," wrote one Front member in a 1970 flyer entitled "What is Gay Liberation," "denies us our basic humanity in much the same way as it is denied to blacks, women, and other oppressed minorities; the grounds are just as irrational. Therefore, our liberation is tied to the liberation of all peoples." Groups of the Gay Liberation Front started to show up in Chicago,…

Constructional rights. The Courts placed this practice with the same level as human sacrifice and used that as justification for stopping this practice. Unlike the other practices loss of human autonomy and human rights were maintained in the polygamy practice, unlike the other practices. The direction of the court indicates that they felt they had the right to control extreme religious practices. The polygamy aspect was included in the same classification as Human sacrifice. This showed how…

Mondimore explains the primitive cultures of New Guinea, “... sexual relations between men and adolescent boys were an important social institution endowed with cultural and religious meanings and performing an important function in family and tribal relationships.” (Mondimore 15). These rituals that some of the tribes performed go strictly against one of the biggest Western prohibitions, sexual interaction between adults and children. This ritual is interesting because it shows homosexual…

for or against gay marriage, I would say I am biased. Im more against it than for it but in the world we live in it isn't surprising that this law has been granted. On June 26, 2015 the supreme court passed a law for gay marriage. This allows the same sex to get married. When this law was passed many people rejoiced in happiness while others were infuriated and upset. I personally was nonchalant to the whole situation. Im not quite a judgemental person so I wasn't affected by it. I believe…

Among Christians, beliefs and biblical interpretations vary. Differences in biblical interpretations can cause confusion and disagreements. A big issue that involves varying biblical interpretations is homosexuality. The issue comes from confusion about what the Bible says about homosexuality. Homosexuality in the Bible has been a topic with lots of puzzlement and unanswered questions for hundred of years. One of the biggest question about homosexuality in the Bible is how people should be…

“Loving” by Jeff Nichols portrays the rigorous challenge of interracial marriage in America 1967. A moral dilemma of the film shown is if marriage should be legally permitted regardless of race. Marriage should be legally permitted no matter the race based on rulings made by the Supreme Court case, Loving’s v. Virginia. Utilitarianism strongly supports happiness for the greatest majority, therefore miscegenation is right. John Rawls’ social contract theory presents the principles of peace among…

Culture is not made to be one-dimensional. It has many components that construct it to be well rounded and non-static. Since childhood, I was instilled with the idea of pertaining to an array of groups—e.g., religion, ethnicity, gender, etc. All these aspects shaped and influenced my identity. In my case, growing up I was exposed to an upbringing that was unlike those around me. I grew up in a household in which religion, for the most part, drove our perceptions and behaviors. Many Hispanic…