Word: objectional
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...that even as a freedom has been granted, an institution has been threatened. "If we have homosexual marriage mainstream, I can't even describe to you what our culture would be like," warns Sandy Rios, president of Concerned Women for America , a leading anti-gay-marriage group. Many conservatives object that such a monumental social change was sanctioned by such a small group - four of seven judges on the Massachusetts court. The court's decision has intensified conservatives' efforts to pass a constitutional amendment banning such marriages. - By John Cloud...
...choosing the American soldier, Time insulted non-Americans. The war in Iraq was illegal, fought by service members who would have done well to object to the U.S.'s invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country like cowboys, under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. Time should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. Jagdeep Parsram Bombay...
...more practical end, the moon offers unique opportunities for scientific research. Going there is the only way to figure out where the moon came from, for example. Current theory says it was blasted from Earth in a collision with a planet-size object billions of years ago, but the moon rocks we have in hand from the Apollo missions don't offer enough mineralogical clues to prove or refute the idea...
...well, says Dr. William Roberts, president-elect of the American College of Sports Medicine. Men whose pants are too flimsy--or who insist on wearing just shorts--can develop a very painful condition known as testicular nip. Watch out too for earrings, nose rings and any other metal object that conducts cold right to the skin...
...choosing the American soldier, TIME insulted non-Americans. The war in Iraq was illegal, fought by service members who would have done well to object to the U.S.'s invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. TIME should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. JAGDEEP PARSRAM Bombay...