"Understood" implies that it was absolute and undeniable truth, which, it's patently not, since lots of people disagree. Change "understood" to "believed" and drop "moral" from that sentence and you've got a deal.
"It was an ethical judgement based on what they believed to be true." Moral and ethical are synonyms. From Thesaurus.com: Main Entry: moral Part of Speech: adjective Definition: ethical Very first entry returned from the search actually. Not that they're an absolute authority per se, but they do a decent job of representing common and current definitions, so it's got to be a widely supported definition. > No, it was an ethical judgment based on what they > understood to be the moral > truth. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:21 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Being Gay: Nature or Nurture? >> >> >> Which was a moral judgement (a set of judgements >> actually) made by our >> government. :) s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200116 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54