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In reply, Farnsworth said, "We have been as sensitive as we knew how to be. I don't see any need for an ombudsman because of a very high degree of responsiveness. I don't have the slightest objection, though, except we consider each one of us as [ombudsmen]."
The phrase "approval of his province" means that bishops should have the consent of the national church. In the case of England, the historic seat of Anglicanism, the approval would have to come not only from the General Synod of the Church of England but also from the Archbishops of...
Behind this language lies a steady expansion of the scope of conscientious objection. In World War 1, the draft law exempted from combat only members of "peace churches" like the Quakers. By 1940, conscientious objectors no longer had to belong to a church or other religious organization. In 1965, the...
But what of those young men who feel that way only about the war in Viet Nam, rather than all wars in general? Last week, in a long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court held 8 to 1 that conscientious objection is an all-or-nothing proposition. It does not exempt...
One occupier responded to the objection that the action was being defended in a purely emotional way: "The women's movement has made emotions legitimate. Emotions are the outgrowth of definite political circumstances and political actions are the outgrowth of personal experience.