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79Capitol Square Richmond Virginia
A detailed look at Capitol Square Richmond Virginia its buildings, Sculptures, wildlife and flora with excellent photos and their history. Statues of Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Edgar Allan Poe, the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial featuring Barbara Rose Johns. Buildings - the Capitol Building built in 1788 and the Executive Mansion aka The Governor's Mansion Great photos of the squirrels that live in the square along with the flowers that were in bloom on the day I took the photographs
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75Obama on Same Sex Marriage: Gay Rights and Benefits
President Obama has declared his support for same sex marriage. This disclosure has sparked many debates on this sensitive issue. For it or against it certain rights should be protected here in the US, what we call these relationships is another story completely.
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68North Korean Civil Rights
Several different reactions result to hearing the name ‘Korea’ depending how much you know about the country. South Koreans can relate to Americans in that they have more. Free to do basically what they wish. This would be why so many people in...
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77The difference between legal and lawful
Are we still living in a free world? It is suggested that the USA is observing 9 of the 10 planks of the communist manifesto. Why are there SO many laws being passed that restrict all of us, and who benefits by passing these laws?
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75Martin Luther King, Jr: A Brief History of His Life
Martin Luther King, Jr. based two of his most famous speeches on stories in the Bible. His speech I Have a Dream was based on Joseph's dreams. Another one of King's famous speeches I Have Seen the Promised Land was based on the stories of Moses in the book of Deuteronomy.
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67Why We Need to Stop Talking About “Gay Marriage”
In America, there are three main levels of government: federal or national government, state government, and local or municipal government. We will ignore local government for the time being, because it handles smaller issues, such as traffic and...
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73Is Gay Rights The New Civil Rights Movement?
Is the fight for Gay rights one and the same that the battle for equality among blacks was? Find out in this hub!
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75Why Baby Boomers Should Support Same-Sex Marriage
Imagine this. Your husband/wife is in the hospital, in the intensive care unit. Maybe he or she has had a stroke, a heart attack, or was in a car accident. You’ve been married to this person for 25 years or more, but because of a glitch in the...
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65Harvey Milk Festival
Harvey Milk was born in New York in 1930 and assassinated in California in 1978 at the age of 48. Milk moved to San Francisco in 1972 where he developed a dislike for the injustices in political and civic matters on gay rights. He battled with...
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85African Americans Still Facing Discrimination
discrimination has been taking place in this country ever since it was first discovered, and has not been completely taken away. Even though Title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to discriminate against a person based on race,...
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