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...that we can blame him for trying While Charles and Diana reinvented parenthood to the delight of millions back home, the middle scion of the House of Windsor was shivering in the Falklands, living proof (supposedly) that royalty really can be useful in a pinch. The local tabloids weren't being particularly attentive either. Although the British turned out in the thousands to welcome home the Carrier Invincible (Andrew's station), the press has lavished considerably more attention on the newest member of the royal family, little William. And the handsome Andrew, who enjoys dropping in unexpectedly at racy London...
...have never claimed that the California Bilateral Nuclear Weapons Freeze Initiative was my "brainchild." The genealogy of "an idea whose time has come" can get murky, but in this particular case, legitimate claims to parenthood should include the voters from western Massachusetts, who passed a resolution resembling ours, along with a number of my fellow Californians...
Writing off the new plan as an ineffective attempt to foster family communication would be naive. The Administration is trying to dictate outdated morality by raising the risks for teenagers who sleep together. The punishments--abortion or undesired parenthood--are extreme and often dangerous. Moreover, Reagan is hypocritically using the very same technique - legislation through regulation--for which he criticized the Internal Revenue Service in denying tax exemptions to segregated private schools. Congress will never have a chance to ratify the contraceptive ban; it becomes law on April 20 unless private citizens block action with a court suit...
...Planned Parenthood Federation of American plans such a suit, but whether it will convince a federal judge that the Administration proposal is unconstitutional remains unclear. We endorse the court action in hopes that an anachronistic and potentially harmful plan will suffer a quick death...
...worthy of imitation and emulation." On the deepest level, Wildmon and his fellow protesters yearn for a society-wide reaffirmation of the tradition of childhood innocence. They think children should be shielded from too much worldly knowledge too soon. Because the conservatives place so much emphasis on family and parenthood, they are ready to sacrifice adults' freedom of choice. There is a gruff, honest passion in many of their complaints. Says the Rev. Albert Gagnier of Brockton, Mass., a Moral Majority member and father of three: "I paid money for my TV set just like everybody else...