Do laws govern morals, or does our culture, including our morals, determine the legislation? Do we aim for a common denominator, or some standard we don't all agree on?
 Reference > Culture and What Courts Can't DoDescription :: George F. Will, November 30, 2003, WashingtonPost
At issue is at least whether or not legislation can change a culture. It's a question of power: can a (possible) moral minority push through legislation opposed by the a cultural majority? Should they? Continued at top
Owned by Unordained - Created on 12/01/2003 - Last edited later the same day 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Society & Culture11/01/05 :: Folder :: Law & Justice12/01/03 :: Folder :: Marriage 12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Opponents Of Gay Marriage Divided 11/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Benefits and obligations that come naturally with marriage09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mae WestMarriage is a great institution -- but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention.  07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: United States divorce statistics07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: World-wide divorce statistics 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonI know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion. 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Robert FrostA civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. 08/13/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Queer 'Aye' for Marriage04/26/07 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinThe significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.  12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Legal Information Institute - Marriage: an overview 11/06/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: A Vindication of Moral Liberty11/02/04 :: Message :: Circumventing marriage laws09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mahatma GandhiFirst they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Jones' First Law: Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an obstruction to its progress -- in direct proportion to the importance of their original contribution. 07/21/05 :: Article :: New notes on marriage [Scratchbook] :: Have you read the fine print?07/05/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Unmarried.org 03/31/04 :: Article :: Dark future for the law? :: 03/02/04 :: Article :: Anti-discrimination and the Church :: Should you be worried about gay marriage because your church doesn't want to officiate such things?02/18/04 :: Article :: Civil Disobedience and other meaningless buzzwords. :: The Los Angeles Gay Marriage Contraversy02/03/04 :: Article :: Attack of the Linux geeks! :: They're all a bunch of commie terrorists, out to get SCO, don't you know?01/16/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Weekly Standard - Marriage Defeatists01/09/04 :: Article :: Think of the children! :: Would you dare to raise your child in a sub-ideal environment? 07/12/04 :: File :: A talk about chastity with high-schoolers :: Real-Media audio03/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Wedding Church and State02/17/04 :: Article :: Justice and Power ...and nearly Powerless Justice :: Almost nobody is looking out for you02/17/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Hnida's story01/06/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Is Europe Ready for 'Whore Power'?12/18/03 :: Article :: Marriage answers from Ransom :: My answers to Unordained's questions on marriage11/21/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Focus on the Family's review of Bruce Almighty09/04/03 :: Quote :: Lyndon JohnsonYou do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Jean-Paul SartreWhen the rich make war it's the poor who die. 08/15/05 :: Quote :: R.S. Surtees (author)More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice. 07/31/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonAn honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. 07/02/03 :: Article :: Shackin' up together :: Why I'm not married06/30/03 :: Article :: Please enter your date of birth and gender :: Fighting for individuality in a world that doesn't care06/07/05 :: Article :: Scalia on Constitutional Interpretation :: The living Constitution be damned06/02/04 :: Quote :: Lao-TzuA leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
05/28/06 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawCriminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.  03/30/09 :: Article :: The Abortion Debate Is Stupid. :: It seriously is.02/14/05 :: Article :: Having a reason for laws :: Because I said so!01/21/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Anti-Semitism: A Practical Manual01/08/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: UK report upcoming on psychosis effects of cannabis (pot) 11/21/03 :: Article :: Knight to Cell block C3. :: Crack is the incorrect way to kill a fetus11/04/04 :: Article :: A -> B -> C :: But wait..I only like B. I hate C! 03/13/11 :: Message :: Marriage and Equal Rights12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Christian Research Institute - Rape, Marriage, and the Significance of Sex: Why Traditional Values Matter12/01/03 :: Quote :: Abraham Lincoln
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness o [...] 11/23/05 :: Quote :: Henry David ThoreauAny fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. 11/23/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Guerrilla News Network11/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: [proprietary title of article satirizing the gay-marriage issue at the state level, removed]10/09/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Two Civilized Men Among the Barbarians10/03/05 :: Quote :: Henry KissingerWe must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing. 10/03/05 :: Quote :: John MiltonHere the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and
punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
09/29/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: Millet system of law09/04/03 :: Quote :: O'RourkeOne of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mark TwainClothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: John F. KennedyMankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Stalin (disputed?)A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. 08/01/04 :: Article :: Don't ignore differences! :: The Vatican reminds us that women are different from men, hurray!07/21/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Myth of Marriage07/08/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: The morality police06/29/04 :: Article :: Freedom and Authority :: Shedding light on America's political system06/10/05 :: Quote :: Abraham LincolnThe best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. 05/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Harper's Magazine05/20/04 :: Article :: Holding back :: Laws are only for the lawful?04/07/04 :: Quote :: Howard ChaykinI don't believe in sweeping social change being manifested by one person, unless he has an atomic weapon. 03/11/04 :: Quote :: George ChapmanWho to himself is law no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed. 02/12/04 :: Article :: Boobygate :: New and improved! Now easier to skim and ignore!! |
