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In the last 10 years, it has become more acceptable and easier to adopt if you're a single man or openly gay or lesbian. Before attitudes began changing, though, that group of citizens were generally only able to adopt if they hid their sexual identity. While there are still a couple of states where it's illegal for gays or lesbians to adopt, including Florida and Virginia, most state laws now reflect the shift in social attitude and recognize an equal ability to provide a good home regardless of sexual orientation.

There is a broad definition for Attachment Disorder, according to the Attachment Center. Generally, a child has a hard time bonding and making emotional connections with others, particularly parents or guardians. A number of specialists in child development suggest that it may be the result of a child who feels abandoned or uncared for because of experiences in their early relationships that were negative.

An article by the Wall Street Journal on how social media can and has effected peoples abilities to get jobs.

Psychologically it is said that we have many social scripts, in other words we do not act the same exact way around our parents as we do our boss or our friends. Companies that use social media are attempting to view how you live your life outside of work, how you act out that social script. But why should that matter? Regardless if you put pictures of Saturday night drinking it does not mean that this who you are in the office, they are two completely different script and for the general population they are unrelated.

I think employers should look at social media networks, people should always present themselves in a professional look, because there behaviors affect the company, on the clock or off

The article presents how we are allowed privacy to a certain extent, so as to not dissrupt the general public. It shows that even though our constitution says we have rights to bear arms and freedom of speech, we cannot harm ourselves or others.

The mission of which was said to enforce a no fly-zone, and protect the citizens of Libya is close to being a success. NATO and other military intelligence will continue to observe Libya with possible drone surveillance.

This article is about legalizing marijuana to help the spur the economy and create jobs. President Obama disagrees with the idea of legalizing marijuana. Attorney General Eric Holder said that federal agents will seek criminal charges against marijuana users if federal and state laws are broke.

Individuals are finding another way to educate their children. As each state has an education law that requires children to but in school. With home education children have the ability to learn and embrace their interests.

In this article, the author talks about the public schooling system as a forced act on our society that actually makes the future of education worse for us. Instead of letting our children think for themselves, learn the trades they wish to learn, and force them to attend for a certain amount of time, we are taking away their personal freedoms of education. Many people are pushed to thinking that a set school rubric will help every child to get the education they need for their future, but according to the views of the author, they don't. The author's view is that society should be looking more into home schooling and trade schooling to help the United States grow to be more productive for the future. Every generation, school is seen more as a prison; molding our future to think as the way the government wants them to think. But if we were to give freedom to complete schooling outside of force, children will regain their excitement for learning and pursue to better our nation on their own free will.

An interesting article on the state of our education system and how the direction we have gone with it seems to be lacking. Lending itself to breaking the ideas that people have about how a child "must" learn, the article offers up that those ideas are not often the case.

Hunting allows individuals bring dinner to their table, helps keep the population at a reasonable number so the environment is not over ran. Hunting also bring s in a large profit for the wild land service.

Argues for a person's right to hunt animals. Uses several examples of how hunting generates revenue to keep national forests and protect nature.

This link is about how even the freedom to sell on our own property has been taken away and we must pay a fee for garage sales.

This NY Times article talks about how more and more towns were beginning to regulate garage sales. The wanted to require a license/permit in order to have garage sales. This would generate revenue for the towns by requiring a fee in order to obtain the permit.

Any unmarried adult or husband and wife jointly. Ala. Code § 26-10A-5 Case law reveals hostility to gay parents. See Ex parte J.M.F., 730 So.2d 1190 (Ala. 1998). Any unmarried adult; married persons must petition jointly unless excused by court. Alaska Code § 25-23-020. Generally tolerant toward lesbian and gay parents.

This articale is about the deteriorating health care coverage for the mentally ill. Although parity mandates have been put into place to prevent erosion of coverage, research has been showing a decline in coverage compared to the general public.

This site i found very interesting. It shared just about every detail about self defence laws and when certain force can be used for any given level of danger.

This site again includes a general summary of the process of In Vitro Fertilization. This site however, includes a bias, as it is from the American Pregnancy Association, and therefore downplays some of the risks.

During a recent court appearance, Triana who was on the Chateau Versailles HOA board, pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot between the years 2005 and 2009, to place HOA board members in a community where they in turn paid her to come up with construction defect lawsuits against home builders in order to generate money for her co-conspirators.

We find electronic surveillance efforts have generated many new headlines around the world over the past few years. A new Pew Research Center survey shows more widespread global opposition. U.S. eavesdropping is at a decline in the view that the U.S. respects the personal freedoms.

The revelations that Obama administration secretly collected phone records and accessed the internet activity of millions of Americans have raised new questions about the public's willingness to sacrifice civil liberties in the interests of national security. Since 9/11, Americans generally have valued protection from terrorism over civil liberties, yet they also have expressed concerns over government overreach and intrusions on their personal privacy.

Mass surveillance is the subjection of a population or significant component of a group to indiscriminate monitoring. It involves a systematic interference with people's right to privacy. Any system that generates and collects data on individuals without attempting to limit the dataset to well-defined targeted individuals is a form of mass surveillance.

mass shootings in public places are happening often, affecting people everywhere and causing horror. In general, though, fewer Americans are dying as a result of gun violence

A border crossing in the U.S. will be subject to the authority exercised through the Department of Homeland Security, a U.S. governmental federal agency, through various administrative and enforcement divisions. Accordingly, a border crossing which occurs in the manner generally meant by this terminology, which is to say illegally, will accordingly come under the coverage of the U.S.