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...younger brothers Gloucester and Cumberland married their own lights-of-love without so much as a by-your-leave, George was furious and had Parliament pass the Royal Marriage Act of 1772. It has provided ever since that George's descendants may not marry without first asking the consent of the reigning monarch. For though Britons love ardor, they love order even more...
Said Dr. Jesus Bacala of the Philippines: artificial insemination, in cases where a donor's semen is used without the husband's knowledge or consent, is obviously immoral, obnoxious and illegal. More thorny are cases in which the husband's consent is given. Said Bacala: "The fact that a woman has to obtain semen other than her husband's has an adulterous tinge." Besides, the methods of obtaining such semen involve, said he, either adultery, onanism, or, at the very least "a pollution...
Father Murray's haughty assertion that the Pope will never consent to sit as an equal among the equals at the World Council of Churches shows how far the Roman Catholic Church has deviated from both the spirit and teaching of Christ and the practice of the early church. Christ was most emphatic in stating that the only supremacy His followers could covet was to be based not on domination but on humble service (St. Matthew...
...small print at the bottom of the bill explains it all: "deprived of the privileges of the University . . . reinstatement is obtained by consent of the Dean . . . fine of $10,00 for late payment...
...word telegram, Jersey City's ex-Boss Frank Hague demanded that the Newark News scrap a series of articles on his life which began this week. "A newspaper such as yours," he fumed, ". . . should never undertake to publish the story of my life without my express consent ... I have served 34 years as the head of the Jersey City government and I dare your newspaper to publish one dishonest act of mine ... or point to one breath of scandal or dishonesty in my administration." The News went right on with the Hague biography...