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The Parable of the Two Daughters – III

April 2, 2016 · by · in Family, Society · Leave a comment

  I almost missed the news, probably because it didn’t get the publicity of the original court decision. Funny how that happens sometimes. Not that news media would ever show a particular bias… Last year I commented on a court overturning a father’s will. He had disinherited one of his daughters because he disapproved of […]

The Parable of the Two Daughters – II

February 7, 2015 · by · in Family, Religion · 2 Comments

We have all heard that you can’t legislate morality; government should not even try. Many social changes of the past half century, from the legalization of gambling and liberalization of drug laws to changes in how sexuality is regarded, have come from government abandoning its role in areas once thought to be proper for it. […]