Word: dissenters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...committee's own words-it gives "particular attention to magisterial statements regarding sexuality" (including an appendix containing the 1975 Vatican declaration on sexuality), and remains faithful to the basic elements of the Christian Catholic moral tradition. Where new directions are suggested, it seeks to contribute "not to dissent but rather to the development of Church teaching...
...dissent from the decision of the majority was angry, even bitter. Justice Harry Blackmun, who wrote the landmark 1973 decision, assailed the ruling as "disingenuous and alarming, almost reminiscent of 'Let them eat cake.'" Departing from Chief Justice Warren Burger, his "Minnesota twin," Blackmun roundly scolded his colleagues: "There is another world 'out there,' the existence of which the court, I suspect, either chooses to ignore or fears to recognize. And so the cancer of poverty will continue to grow." Justice Thurgood Marshall charged that the court's decision would "brutally coerce poor women...
...dissent, Justice Marshall argued that the decision "seriously eroded" the nation's "hospitality to religious dissent." Said he: "A society that truly values religious pluralism cannot compel adherents of minority religions to make the cruel choice of surrendering their religion or their job." In recent years, however, the court has consistently leaned toward separation of church and state. On one hand, it forbade civil authorities to require Amish children to attend public schools until the age of 16; on the other, it has knocked down all new attempts to finance parochial schools with public funds. Says Virginia Law Professor...
...Harvard, although neither incoming Chairman Sidney Verba '53 nor outgoing chairman Harvey C. Mansfield '53 would discuss Harvard's offer, sources said there was little dissent within the January department meeting concerning the invitation to Kissinger...
...Actions which otherwise would be unconstitutional could become lawful if undertaken for the purpose of preserving the Constitution and the nation." Said Nixon: "Now that's the kind of action I'm referring to." Again, Frost refused to equate preserving the Union in the 1860s with deterring dissent in the 1970s...