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Prostitution is based on the law of supply and demand. The thinking is: Women won’t stop selling sex until men stop buying.
So Nashville and a growing number of cities are shifting their focus from locking up suppliers to educating buyers. Across the country, about 50 communities are using John Schools. Atlanta, Georgia, and [...]

That’s probably what the headline is going to read a month from now. At least, that’s what I’m predicting given how litigious our society is. Here’s the background for you to judge for yourself.
SAN MATEO, Calif. — A teacher being hailed as a hero said Tuesday he had no time to think when he encountered [...]

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26 May, 2009

Love and Marriage

Posted by: heath In: Dreams| Law| News and Notes

Today, 26 May 2009, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 by a vote of 6-1. It reminded me of something I wrote a few years ago about marriage…

I want to get married.
I want a big church wedding, with flowers, and candles, and brides maids and grooms men, and as much pomp and as much [...]

16 Jul, 2008

Today in History – NO KISSING!

Posted by: heath In: Law| News and Notes

 
On this date in 1439, a kissing prohibition was legislated by the English Parliament as a means of controlling the plague. (reference: Forgotten English, Jeffrey Kacirk)
Keep your tongues to yourselves people.
* Image from Wikimedia Commons

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