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Debate over science and religion and whether the Bible is a legitimate avenue of study.

Sister Margaret Farley has written a book on love, exploring different sexualities among people. She moves away from a "that's the way it has been always been taught" point of view to a progressive and accepting one that adapts to current knowledge, science and interpretation of theology. This is unlike any other perspective because it comes from the house of the strongest opponent to "deviant" sexual behaviors.

This short article gives the gist of what human cloning is as well as the pros and cons to it. It gives a short paragraph on background history on how it all began in 1997. This article has given great insight to cloning especially if you do not know much about it.

This touches on the very beginning of eugenics back in the 1920. Eugenics is a very controversial and hot topic in todays world.

Slate publishes an article discussing the usage of contraception in America. The governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, states that women care as much about the issue of contraception as men do. Political science shows that there is not much of a difference in view points when comparing men and women.

Points and counterpoints arguing for and against censorship of the Internet.

This article talks about how some vaccination may cause authism. Some feel very strongly that MMR is the main cause authism. Although there has been no proven fact that it does, some believe that they will not give there child the vaccination. Andrew Wakefield is overseeing a facility in Texas to try to understand better what may cause authism. He was the first physician who reported that some vaccinations may cause authism. Some Texas representive believe that Wakefield's studies are correct.

Do you know the number of articles in the US Constitution? Can you identify the right outlined in the Fourth Amendment? Any idea which amendment abolished slavery? Most Americans can only guess at the answers. In fact, a paltry 6 percent understand the rights and freedoms found in the First Amendment, reports The National Constitution Center, a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia.

Dreams of a satisfying retirement take many forms. Some workers, anticipating the years after 65, imagine a golden world without alarm clocks, offering time for golf, tennis, or a stroll around the block. Others harbor wanderlust fantasies: Have passport, will travel. Still others dream of languid days devoted to reading, volunteering, tracing a family tree, or playing with grandchildren.

Every person who uses insulin to manage diabetes wants what they don't have. They want a replacement for their malfunctioning pancreas. Technology is advancing rapidly, parents can now monitor their child's blood pressure while at school.Now the real question is if this will be at least somewhat affordable.

"Genetically modified organisms are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering. This relatively new science creates unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacteria and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods."

Fewer guns, fewer gun-related deaths. A simple enough concept, so knock-you-over-the-head obvious that it practically begs for an equally blunt -- if totally oblivious -- response, one made by plenty of pro-gun rights advocates: that more guns make us safer. But a look at the social science literature surrounding the U.S.