The Ability of LGBT Groups to Mobilize Support for Their

question 51

Multiple Choice

The ability of LGBT groups to mobilize support for their cause and to challenge several laws in the courts seems to demonstrate which of the following?

• A) direct democracy
• B) ruling elite theory
• C) pluralism
• D) protection of minority rights
• E) protection of civil liberties

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Definitions:

Triple Junction

The place where three tectonic plates, and three plate-tectonic boundaries, meet.

Plate Boundaries

The edges where two tectonic plates meet, which can be sites of significant geological activity like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Slab Pull

A tectonic process where a cold, dense oceanic plate is pulled beneath a lighter continental or oceanic plate at a subduction zone, driving plate tectonics.

Subducting Lithosphere

The portion of the lithosphere that is being forced down into the mantle at a subduction zone.