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The following paper will talk about Wicca and Paganism as a religion within the United States. Wicca is a diverse community as a religion, but is not yet considered by any Supreme court case but some aspects such as traditions are recognized by the federal and state courts. This will be further touched upon further later on. Interestingly enough, while not only being one of the fastest growing religions, it is also a religion that most find their selves staying with if it what they were raised in

women who campaigned for women’s rights in the nineteenth century. She wrote many articles about the social struggle and even wrote a letter to Queen Victoria that explained her complaints on how women were treated in the law. In her letter Caroline first started the current British laws regarding the legal rights of women, “A married woman in England has no legal existence: her being is absorbed in that of her husband. Years of separation of desertion cannot alter this position. Unless divorced by special

Eric Siu Mrs. Casey English 2H / P7 30 October 2015 Protecting Your Rights, Yourself, and Your Community “Stand Your Ground” laws allow citizens to fight back a threat or an attack that will harm them. Opponents of the laws believe that they will only bring chaos and increase the crime rate. However, supporters of the law believe the laws protect the citizens and their right to self-defense. Stand your ground laws are beneficial to the community and essential to protecting a citizen’s right to self-defense

bill of rights protects a community’s human rights from the abuse of the government, in Australia, government can legislate in contradiction, often without much parliamentary debate or consideration. The Australian system lacks equality before law, having no laws in place to illegalize discrimination. In 1948, the United Nations adopted the universal declaration of human rights. Since adopted, there have been many human rights conventions and treaties. Most western democratic countries have adopted a

differences. Thomas Paine, who was an English-born American political activist, considered that human beings have two rights which are in-born rights and civil rights. In-born rights are the foundation of civil rights. And

Casey Clearie English 090 Dr. Smith December 9 2015 Gun Control Did know that there are approximately 4.5 million firearms sold in the United States each year, and and estimated 2 million second hand firearms are sold each year? According to the IANSA (International Action Network on Small Arms of the United Nations), in the United States there are more than ten thousand gun homicides annually (IANSA). These statistics should shock every American. Gun control is the reason for these gross statistics

Christine Dito Mr. Martin World History-Block 1 18 November 2014 Title Before the Enlightenment, every law and every decision was made and accepted, only by the King. There was a traditional social structure consisting of the monarchy on the top, followed by the nobles and clergy, and then all of the lower class on the bottom, which included peasants, merchants, and craftsman. When the people of the Western a Society began to receive ideas from Enlightenment scholars and thinkers, the began to realize

Evans pg1 Ta’Hara Evans Wendy Scruggs English III Aug. 3, 2015 Legalization of Marijuana in America Marijuana legalization has been a divisive issue in America for quite some time. Recently, there has been a push by states to legalize the substance and so far 5 states have succeeded to obtain the vote to decriminalize it but the federal government has not budged from its position to keep marijuana illegal. They have so far turned the other cheek and have not interfered in the states’ decisions but

Kyle McCrite Ms. Vaughn English 102-01 14 September 2009 Someone Else’s Shoes Martin Luther King’s (MLK) “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” was written in 1963 as a response to the Eight Alabama Clergymen’s public statement against King’s actions in April of that year. Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist for desegregation of the south in the early 1960s and overcame much adversity to attain incredible gains on the segregation issue in the United States. King uses effective persuasive appeals

social situation has profound impacts on the choices people make. This society's foundation is based on injustice, although in the end, justice is served through the concept of `justice of desert'. Social Justice prevails in society where legal laws are practiced and respected. It is considered unjust to: