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...bomb told a House committee on U.S. research, "and I am even afraid they have the secrets we are going to discover in the next two years." That being the case, the only ones in the dark on most data are "our industry and our citizens." The present criterion for releasing news of an important discovery is absolute certainty that such information would not harm the national interest. Argued Teller: "I think the burden of proof should be on the other side...
...Child of God." Applying the Torcaso doctrine to Seeger's case, the three-judge Court of Appeals panel held that it is unconstitutional for Congress to select belief in a Supreme Being as the criterion of true religion. The term religion, said the court, does not necessarily imply belief in a supernatural power. Today, "commitment to a moral ideal is for many the equivalent of what was historically considered the response to divine commands." The draft law discriminates against those who hold sincere religious beliefs not based upon faith in a Supreme Being. And that discrimination violates the Fifth...
...relationship" ethic is well expressed by Miami Psychologist Granville Fisher, who speaks for countless colleagues when he says: "Sex is not a moral question. For answers you don't turn to a body of absolutes. The criterion should not be, 'Is it morally right or wrong,' but, 'Is it socially feasible, is it personally healthy and rewarding, will it enrich human life?' " Dr. Fisher adds, correctly, that many Protestant churchmen are beginning to feel the same way. "They are no longer shaking their finger because the boys and girls give in to natural biological urges...
...elders on the responsibilities of fatherhood); and the rough go of being bisexual in our mores. I then, turned, for nine minutes, to some topics to bear in mind: the provincialism and brief history of our present customs; the organic nature of pleasure and its value as one criterion of vitality; the Thomist concept of sexual contact as a means of knowng another person; and the need to rethink the traditional family pattern in modern economic and urban conditions. I had prepared my notes carefully; I spoke my propositions tersely and, I felt, pretty well...
...criterion for choosing TIME'S Man of the Year is the "man or woman who dominated the news of that year and left an indelible mark-for good or ill-on history." Our readers each year join in with their own nominations or attempt to anticipate our choice. We weigh their suggestions, and have given a sampling in recent letters columns; but the choice finally...