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...first assertion, that a ban on divorce is desirable for it encourages couples "to work through their differences instead of splitting up" is a gross simplification of relations between men and women. Two people who buy a house and raise a child together have plenty of forces binding them together; nobody wants to get a divorce. But, despite all these natural bonds between them, if two people cannot be happy together, they probably will (and should) pursue separation regardless of what society says. Especially when people marry young, they often change and develop a personality better suited for companionship with...
...ban on divorce is a very different kind of law. Such a ban interferes with the desires of two consenting adults. The first kind of law effects a compromise between conflicting desires, while the second proscribes a behavior onto a group of people who want to be left alone. There is a world of difference between these two types of laws...
TIME's John Dickerson reports that House and Senate negotiators are close to a compromise between their versions of legislation prohibiting the distribution of "indecent material" over the Internet and online services. House members on a joint committee narrowly voted Wednesday to ban "indecent" material, but to give service providers protection against prosecution. "The online services were worried that using the broad 'indecent' standard, rather than the more narrowly defined 'harmful to minors' standard, would produce a 'chilling effect' by holding them responsible for indecent materials in their system," says TIME's John Dickerson. "But the bill lets providers...
TIME's John Dickerson reports that House and Senate negotiators may reach a compromise as soon as this evening between their versions of legislation prohibiting the distribution of "indecent material" over the Internet and online services. House members on a joint committee narrowly voted Wednesday to ban "indecent" material, but to give service providers protection against prosecution. "The online services were worried that using the broad 'indecent' standard, rather than the more narrowly defined 'harmful to minors' standard, would produce a 'chilling effect' by holding them responsible for indecent materials in their system," says TIME's John Dickerson...
Citing Harvard's ban on animals in dorm rooms, Anderson said the animal was not returned to the student but was "removed from the premises and taken to an area science museum...