Word: adopter
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...proposing abortion limits but passed one banning gay marriage. Florida and Arizona, likewise, constitutionally banned gay marriage. Nebraska passed a constitutional ban on affirmative action, and Michigan approved an amendment allowing stem cell research. Arkansas, with a 57 percent majority, made it constitutionally illegal for a gay couple to adopt children. Regardless of your personal beliefs on these issues, Americans, as a people, need to have a conversation on whether it’s a good idea to change the highest law of the state to satisfy transient concerns such as these...
...There are people in the animal rights movement worried that if Prop 2 passes, it will condone the practice of factory farming. How do you react? Social change occurs on an incremental pathway. For those who want to see more people adopt a vegetarian diet and not have animals slaughtered for food at all - I do believe that this discussion about Prop 2 builds important awareness about our responsibilities to animals...
...That appears to be changing. On Oct. 28, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings issued new rules that will force states to adopt a common system to monitor dropouts. Critics of No Child Left Behind have long accused the federal legislation not only of leading more schools to teach to the test, but of letting - or perhaps even encouraging - struggling students to drop out before they can lower average test scores. But Spellings is trying to address this problem with new regulations that will set a uniform graduation rate so that a high school's annual progress will now be measured both...
...home entertainment industry is also counting on the new Blu-Ray technology to help carry it through the downturn. With Blu-Ray players now available for less than $200, Adams expects consumers to adopt the high-def format as readily as they did VHS during the 1981 recession. "Household adoption of new technologies seems to shrug off recessions," Adams says - and as the Iron Man sales show, worrying economic news doesn't seem to be slowing consumers down...
...Prize with Mr. Gore, is a vegetarian. Citing studies showing that producing 2.2 pounds of meat causes the emissions equivalent of 80 pounds of carbon dioxide, Dr Pachauri has publicly stated that the two best things an individual can do to fight global warming are to drive less and adopt a vegetarian diet...