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...January, joined six other state attorneys general in suing the Bush Administration to block the "conscience clause," which allows health care providers to refuse to take part in medical procedures they object to on moral or religious grounds. (The Obama Administration is expected to lift or revise the Bush policy.) (See TIME's White House photo blog...
...American pastor," Warren said in his statement, "it is not my role to interfere with the politics of other nations, but it is my role to speak out on moral issues." He told the Ugandan pastors that the bill was "unjust, extreme and un-Christian toward homosexuals." The bill's requirement that Ugandans report any meeting with homosexuals to authorities, he said, would hinder the ministry of the church and force homosexuals who are HIV positive underground. He also defended the timing of his denunciation. "Because I didn't rush to make a public statement," he said, "some erroneously concluded...
...situation. But with the renegotiation of part of its collection less than two years off, its curators must surely be wringing their hands about Borja's latest statement, issued on Dec. 3. Now that his mother had sued him, Borja's lawyers wrote, the scion no longer finds any "moral impediment" to prevent him from doing the same. In which case one of the greatest collections of European art in the world could soon find itself on the auction block...
...downsizing also has its costs. The first is moral. Obama may be right that the U.S. can't vanquish movements like Hizballah and the Taliban or even an embattled regime like Iran's. Legitimizing them, however, will be hard for some Americans to swallow. Already, hawks have slammed Obama for negotiating with Iran's mullahs while the blood of Iranian protesters is still fresh on their hands. And "reconciliation" with the Taliban, while necessary for the U.S.'s eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan, might be a horror show for Afghan women. It is worth noting that while many historians applaud Nixon...
...running and the target of unending idolatry. When athletes meet the stratospheric expectations heaped upon them, we have fewer incentives to unwrap their shiny packaging. Now that Tiger's brand has been dented, fans who bought Nikes or quaffed Gatorade at his urging may be channeling their disillusionment into moral outrage. They're less likely to give Tiger a mulligan for his behavior after having spent countless afternoons watching him stalk the course and trounce competitors...