The government has decided that they can change the definition of marriage. The murder of babies is okay as long as you don't want it, and it is done within a certain amount of time. We are also beginning to see doctor-assisted suicide and euthanasia become acceptable.
A town meeting is a form of direct democracy in which most or all of a community's representatives come together to legislate local government policy and budgets.
Reconquista means "reconquest" and is generally used to describe the re-population of the southwest American territories by Mexicans (since their land was originally taken by the United States).
C(Lee 73) that is the correct structure listed for MLA with both the author and page number.