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Forked Tongues

Jacob Sullum | 5.15.2003 7:45 AM

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I'm still a bit woozy from contemplating a procedure that Illinois legislators want to ban. As one of them may already have pointed out, it is definitely unbiblical, not to mention revolting. But as St. Louis radio host Paul Harris rightly argues, that doesn't mean it should be illegal.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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