Word: bans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ban on billboards takes effect at the end of December. The city will then move to enforce the ordinance, including notice to the owners and possible fines for failure to comply...
Last week, Ireland voted to end its ban on divorce by a painfully narrow margin. This disappointing development may indicate that the irreligion and secularism so widely regarded as hallmarks of "modernity" may have infilitrated one of the few nations still committed to calling its citizens to Christian living. The issues that were raised during the debate over the divorce ban demonstrate why such a ban is a good idea even for a nation committed to secularism...
...ban on divorce preserves the integrity of marriage as an institution. The permanence of marriage makes people take the commitment seriously. By encouraging couples to work through their differences instead of splitting up, the ban keeps families intact. In doing so, it protects the interests of children. While no one would claim that single parents cannot raise children properly, the conclusion that children are best served by stable, two-parent households is a reasonable...
...debate over the divorce ban, one commonly heard argument was that in prohibiting divorce the Irish state was forcing Catholic moral teaching upon non-Catholics. The dispute raises a fundamental question: Can we justify imposing laws that reflect the religious beliefs of one particular group upon an entire nation composed of people with differing religious beliefs? Such laws are attacked as constituting an "imposition of morality." In this alleged tyranny of the majority, the dominant group in a state compels the other groups to live according to beliefs that these minorities do not possess...
...sell. Finally, Shell Oil, which operates extensively in Nigeria, is owned by the Dutch and the British, so it is unlikely that they will be enthusiastic about sanctions." On November 20, the EU rejected earlier calls by Sweden and Germany for oil sanctions, instead limiting itself to a ban on arms sales, stopping development aid and imposing tighter visa restrictions for Nigerian government officials...