In 1996, Congress passed an act which prohibited federal benefits from being conferred on same-sex couples, and which permits states to choose whether to recognize a same-sex union established in another state. This act was

A. the Heteronormative Protecton Act.
B. the Defense of Marriage Act.
C. the Family Protection Act.
D. none of these.


B

Sociology

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Making your wishes known about how you want the end of your life to be is known as

a. a final scenario. b. death anxiety. c. end-of-life issues. d. the dying process.

Sociology

Research shows that adolescents in mother-only households are more inclined to engage in deviant behavior such as drug taking or truancy than teens in two-parent families. According to the author, this is likely due to

A. negative effects, particularly for boys, of living in a family without a father figure. B. the trauma of the divorce. C. lack of supervision. D. economic conditions.

Sociology

A model or scheme for helping us organize and interpret the world is referred to as a: a. paradigm

b. theory. c. hypothesis. d. law. e. concept.

Sociology

According to Pierre Bourdieu, working-class parents are just as interested in their children's education as middle- and upper-class parents, but they lack the _______ to help their children experience social mobility.

a. dependency culture b. surplus value c. cultural capital d. structural continuity

Sociology