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Show 04 Davis County Clipper DavisEntertnirmtent Thursday, August 28. 2003 Truly, is this what the Founding Fathers had in mind? Anita and I dont digue YVeve neur about nieatlo.if (I like it, she doesnt), toothpaste (I meticulously squeeze the tube from the bottom, she doesn t) or dirty clothes strewn about the bedroom (my laundiy goes in the hamper, hers doesn't) We save our arguments for Big Picture stuff I mean, RF ALLY Big Picture f or example our first argument was about the irst Amendment to the Constitution And no, not because we aie almost old enough to have voted on it was fiesh out of journalism school, wheie had become sort of a free pi ess" zealot Anita was fresh out of the maternity ward where she had just given birth to our second child Joe In fact, she was silting in the rocking 1 1 1 t chair patientlv tiving to culm our colickvson when the argument broke out (subconsciously inspirI ing insure Ins life long desire to be a lawvei ) It st ii ted out innocently enouah I was telling her about a heated classioom discussion of pornography and whethcror not it was piotected bv Constitutional provisions for lice speech and a lice pass Phut s ridiculous Anita said W ho in then i mill mind would even think that pornography would be piotected bv the Bill of J J By face Anita was unimpressed Well then you re wrong," she said with frustrating finality You and your class and your teacher and Warren Beattv You re all wrong" low can we be wrong " I asked seething at the gall of this this non journalist who did-i know the jurist of our time from Shirley Maclaines kid brother I reviewed with her several quotes from prominent Rights looked at her stunned like I was seeing he i foi the Inst time said purWell me loi one posefully And picttv much cvciyone else in the class includ mg the piolcssoi It s as plain as the nose on W.iricn Burgei s 1 1 1 n Joseph Walker philosophers and political scientists I gave her points, counterpoints and and then I waited for her response Anita has never been much of a debater - not because she isn't capable but because she prefers not to To her right is right and wrong is wrong and theres nothing to be gained in arguing the point So she just looked at me for a moment cast aside all of the evidence stacked so neatly counter-counterpoint- s, against her, and took one last shot at redeeming me from antipathetical hell Do you really, truly think the Founding Fathers had this in mind when they wrote the First Amendment9 she asked Do you really truly think they were trying to protect trash9 I almost smiled at the thought of one of those men - men who had a camption at the sight of a feminine ankle - coming face to face with contemporary . well pornography It would be difficult to argue that they could even conceive of such a thing Well no " I stammered But that isnt the point You may not think so, she said,but they would I've been thinking about that little exchange lately as people have debated the public place ment of a monument honoring the Ten Commandments And I can't help but wonder if those who are opposed to the monument really, truly think this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exerase thereof Whether or not one believes the Ten Commandments to be divinely inspired, it would be difficult to deny the importance of those teachings to the people who created the rule of law that governs this country Like the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compart, it seems to me that they can appropriately be memorialized for their historical impact, influence and example Really Truly SATURDAY EVENING AUGUST 30 2003n FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 29, 2003 SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 31, 2003 SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 30, 2003 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST AUGUST 30, 2003 J 5:00 5:30 SUNDAY EVENING AUGUST 31, 20031 SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1200 12:30 1:00 1:30 0 2:00 :30 j 3 00 3:30 4.00 31,2003 J College Football USC at Auburn 00) U S Open Tennis Mi n s and Women s Third Hour i Ltv (C C) News News College Football College Football OKI ihinia State at Nebraska (Live) (C C) AVP Volleyball Paid NBC Paid NASCAR Racing South Carolina POO Paid wi Ameri Work Chef Home Home New This Old Scandi Barbe B KUED Grilling Barbe Child Look Learning KULC Search-NovScience Focus Astron Astron Astron Missing Link Home Work m KBYU Sewing JCulmary House House Home Garden Wdwrig Taxi m KSTU MLB Baseball Yankees at Red Sox Post Buffy Vampire Stargate SG 1 Love at Large (19)) kjzz Paid Unstrung Heroes (1995 Urami) Paid KUPX Paid Paid WUSASoccer Teams TBA Paid Paid Miracle Pets (CC) Jpatd Paid Paid Califor Paid lAdven Paid 10 KUWB Four Weddings and a Funeral i 1 494 Cheaters A (CC) KUTV (9 D Km O KSL a n a A&E AMC DISC DISN ESPN FAM F0XR FX HB0 LtFE NICK PLEX TNT USA WTBS WWE Bottom Line Once a Thief iUj Practice t (CC) Porky $11 The Next Day (1983) All Year Traveler Sell Mak Closed Doors Detective Beat Collector House Alien Resurrection ' (1 50) (11 40) Protect X (1987) (3 50 Highlander (1986) In the Shadow Unsolved History Critical Rescue Keek and Ivy Moments in Time Surprise Design K Even Even Proud Sister Even XscT Honey I Shrunk the Kids i Football SportsCenter (CC) Game College Football South Flonja at Alabama (Live) (CC) College Football Grow See Jane Date (2003) (CC) Galidor So Little Raising Grow Step Step Spider Golf Life SW Football Best Sports Football College Football Beyond the Glory Sports MASH" McBeal (CC) it it Platoon (1QR6 Drama) Tom Berenger j Bound Men in Black II (2002) (1 15) Kung Pow Enter the Fist Bevetly Hillblis Bight Legged Freaks ' I Know-Steve- n Women Jackie Ethel Joan Women of Camelot (P001) Jill Hennessy (CC) Nanny Chalk Rocket Qddpar Oddpar JSponge JSponge Ginger Qddpar Rugrats Rugrats Rocket Kid 12 10) Fifty A (CC) Butch Cassidy-Sundanc- e Menendez A Killing in Beverly Hills Texas Rangers JCCL Deuces Wild (2002) R (CC) (4 15) Stakeout (1987) R (CC) Captain 1 Cold Fusion (CC) The New Guy (2002) A it i Bad Company (2002) FheWask (1994) A Real TV Real TV Real TV Real TV Real TV Real TV Hot Rod Super StlCar Trucks' Trucks' Hrsep In the Line of Fire (1993) (CC) (DVS) Fallen (1997) Denzel Washington (CC) (10 30) Woit PGA Golf Dents he Rink Tennis (11 00) The People vs Larry Flynt jjAG Redemption Paid Paid Black Ram (CC) I |