Religious Objections to Gay Marriage

2015-09-05 Thread seanwilsonorg
... If a judge recuses himself from performing a marriage ceremony, he does so under the ethics rules using a theory of bias, correct? In other words, this is the same legal device that is used for bailing out of cases involving family members, contributors or anything socially-provocative that

Is the New Testament Against Gay Marriage?

2015-07-03 Thread seanwilsonorg
Wanted to see if there were any takers on this. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Replying to this comment on conlawprof: "The Old Testament doesn't purport to reflect natural law principles on marriage. The New Testament does, though." --- One time I was teaching a Wittgenstein

Re: The racist prostitute hypothetical

2015-02-15 Thread seanwilsonorg
... thanks for that. It's an interesting distinction. Sent from my iPad > On Feb 15, 2015, at 8:26 PM, Graber, Mark wrote: > > Dear All: > > This goes back in time a bit, but I have had a busy weekend and wanted to > respond to those who wondered why I think the racist prostitute should be >

Re: Can someone be legally obligated to have sex with people she's unwilling to have sex with?

2015-02-14 Thread seanwilsonorg
Philosophically, I see two issues. First, a prostitute, by definition, is almost always "having sex with someone he or she doesn't want to," because, absent payment, he or she would not be doing that. I imagine the clients are of the worst that this sort of business can provide as far as attrac

Re: Citations to Listserv posts/Contraception mandate

2013-08-02 Thread seanwilsonorg
... Let me present another view. Scholarship is not about vanity; it's about the ideas. Things that are relevant to an idea can come in many forms -- letters, songs, poems, conversations between spouses or a public speech. It could come from a diary or a movie. The trouble comes when we fail to