Word: abolitionism
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The organization advocates the abolition of age-of-consent laws, which prohibit adults from having sex with minors.
But Maggie Gallagher, who is affiliated with the Institute for American Values and is the author of The Abolition of Marriage: How We Destroy Lasting Love, rejects the charge that reforming divorce laws is a hothouse, right-wing issue. "The real reason that public opinion has changed is not because...
Standing beside a clean-cut young couple dressed rather formally for the summer weather, I looked out over Adam's home, a broad green valley that is currently planted in corn. Smith planned a town here that never took hold, just one among several Mormon promised lands, from Kirtland, Ohio...
Four days later, between 10,000 and 12,000 students met at Harvard Stadium to ratify the strike and back a list of demands similar to those proposed by SDS during the takeover. Demands included the abolition of Harvard's participation in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program, and...
The petition asks the state legislature to approve a referendum that would let city residents vote on whether to levy the tax to create affordable housing, in the wake of the abolition of rent control in November 1994.