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Debatable Laws

Posted on March 26, 2004, 6:38 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Laws lots of people support and lots of people disagree with. How you do or do not comply helps determine how legitimate these laws are.

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Unforgivable Laws

Posted on February 27, 2004, 6:22 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

Laws that give law a bad name. They do not and cannot bind the conscience. The only problem: Everyone has his/her own list of unforgivable laws.

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