In his private conduct, Muhammad indulged the appetites of a man and abused the claims of a prophet. A special revelation dispensed him from the laws which he had imposed on his nation. The female sex, without reserve, was abandoned to his desires. ...
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abortion, nuclear power or racial supremacy would be commercial speech if people paid an admission charge to hear it, because the lecture would complete the transaction. Such a result would be unprecedented and untenable.”
the court should broadly protect individual freedoms. In 1961, Harlan urged the other justices to strike down a Connecticut law that banned the sale of contraceptives. Four years later, the Supreme Court did just that, thereby setting a precedent for later striking down anti-abortion laws. ...
The appellate panel said that, although it was permissible to fire teachers for “public homosexual activity,” the law prohibiting mere advocacy was so broad that it might be used to prevent a teacher from going before the Legislature to urge a change in laws governing homosexual conduct. ...
Not once revealing the slightest bit of insincerity, she told each couple the same story: Andrews claimed that a co-worker had raped her in the parking lot of a restaurant where she worked. As a struggling single mother, there was no way she could take care of a baby, and abortion was...
a scant seven months before he was nominated at the Seattle convention over Indian activist Russell Means. Some Libertarians feared that Paul’s writing for the John Birch Society would taint his image, and others said his anti-abortion beliefs were not in line with the party’s laissez-faire...
Although his views on racial issues are his best-known beliefs, Thomas has espoused a conservative judicial philosophy that cuts across the board--from prayer in schools to abortion to the death penalty. Like Rehnquist, Thomas believes the power of federal judges should be limited: When in doub...
“I think their real intent is to control the materials and content of courses their children are exposed to and dictate a point of view they possess to the rest of us.” Thirty-five states now have laws either requiring parental consent or notification for a minor to obtain an abortion. ...