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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...acceptance of contraception in the secular world, the papal stance against birth control hardened, culminating in the 1930 encyclical Casti Connubii (On Christian Marriage). Reacting to the acceptance of birth control by the Anglicans' significant Lambeth Conference that year, Pope Pius XI declared, in accordance with the natural-law theory, that since the sexual act had a procreative intent, it was a violation of divine will to interfere with it. Paul VI substantially reaffirmed that view...
Critics of the new encyclical are able to marshal some fairly impressive arguments against its logic. There are Catholic theologians today who reject the whole idea of natural law as e'ther philosophically untenable or inadequate as a way of interpreting God's mysterious ways. Still more insist that natural law must be constantly reinterpreted in light of man's expanding knowledge. Thus, some thinkers contend that the Pope's rejection of birth control because it interferes with procreation is based on a static and incomplete understanding of sexuality as a merely biological function. A complete...
...three bedrooms, and each is equipped with a kitchen, food, linen and TV. There are no guards to interrupt the family's privacy, and for the duration of the visit the prisoner is allowed to put away his convict's uniform and wear his own clothes. Common law wives are not permitted so far, but the possibility is still under discussion. The intent of the program, explains Governor Ronald Reagan, is to "develop family strengths to sustain ex-inmates as they complete the transition from prison to a law-abiding society...
Above the Struggle. The basic concern is to preserve the high court's impartiality. "So long as a Justice, or a President for that matter, is especially careful not to get involved with questions that might become judicial questions," says Law Professor Jesse Choper of the University of California at Berkeley, "then I don't think there's anything improper about this at all." Harvard Law School's Arthur Sutherland agrees: "If it's something that might come before a judge, then it's his obligation to keep his mouth shut...
...powers over disclosure. The SEC is concerned about the rapid increase in the number of cash tender offers being made to shareholders. There were 100 such acquisition offers in 1966 v. only eight in 1960. To make sure that they are legitimately and fairly made, the new law provides that anyone who wants to buy 10% or more of a company's stock must immediately identify himself and give a complete accounting of his negotiations and intentions. "Everybody is so scared of the SEC," observes one broker, "that they don't need to be afraid...