Re: inJohn Roberts' America.....

2005-07-24 Thread JMHACLJ
In a message dated 7/23/2005 2:28:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FYI, it is not a child, it is a fetus. And fetus, you see, is derived from latin, and means, "little one." This begs the question that follows, "little one" what? In a recent thread, it was

Re: inJohn Roberts' America.....

2005-07-24 Thread JMHACLJ
In a message dated 7/23/2005 2:28:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Keep you laws off my body. Your religious views are not the same as mine, and you have no right to impose them on me against my will. I am more important than the contents of my womb, and FYI,

The Fetus His or Her Gravida

2005-07-24 Thread Rick Duncan
Even if we take the medical language of pregnacy seriously, it tells us nothing about who is a person and who isn't. The unborn child is called a "fetus," and her mother is calleda "gravida." So now that we have masked both the child and her mother with technical terminology, let us remove the

Re: Assaults on the England language

2005-07-24 Thread JMHACLJ
In a message dated 7/23/2005 10:17:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem, in terms of conflict, it seems to me, arises, not from use of the public square, but from the desire on the part of some to use government space and property for the promotion of

Re: Assaults on the England language

2005-07-24 Thread FRAP428
I don't think "public spaces" gets us much further than "public squares." Frances R. A. Paterson, J.D., Ed.D. Associate Professor Department of Educational Leadership Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 ___ To post, send message to

RE: Assaults on the England language

2005-07-24 Thread Douglas Laycock
The difference between the public square and government sponsorshipis the point at which both sides in the culture warsstart cheating with their claims about the current law. The Court has never held that private religious speech may or must be censored because it occurs on government