Sexual Intercourse, Fornication Quotes
The King abdicated and became the Duke of Windsor. The surface reason was so he could pursue his love for a divorced woman. However, Edward was very sympathetic to and supportive of English and European Fascists like Hitler and WWII with Germany was imminent and the king’s views and relationships would have been very awkward. His younger brother, who became king, was a democrat.
This is a very important quotation because it is the official ban of the Roman Catholic Church against birth control of all forms. Prior to 1930, there was no official prohibition against birth control although individual Roman Catholics had argued that it was sinful. For example, see St. Augustine {625106}.
In 1877 Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh attempted to publish The Fruits of Philosophy in Britain. It was a book on Birth Control. The two were immediately arrested and charged with publishing an ‘obscene’ book. Gifford was the Public Prosecutor. The authors were convicted and sentenced to 6 months in prison. However, they appealed and were exonerated in the appeal. The case was good for Gifford who went on to become Lord Chancellor of Britain. The trial was a strong motivator for Annie Besant to have a very activist career thereafter.
He dispatched the army to eliminate sin.
The logic of this quotation is irrational and faulty but exists the world over. Someone is told to refrain from certain activities because others will be offended and resort to immoral and illegal activities. This is what was said to the Orangemen of Ireland parading in Catholic areas and the reverse. Or women were warned against certain kinds of dress less they be raped. See {623723} .
Protesting the Supreme Court Texas v. Johnson decision protecting the right to burn the American flag as "symbolic speech:"