Legal Commentary

"Tiger wants to go back to being a golf star with major endorsements."

In short: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

A non-religious reason for celibacy chastity.

Believe it or not, you can be celibate without being chaste, and chaste without being celibate. A celibate person is merely unmarried, usually (but not always) because of a vow of celibacy. The traditional assumption is that such a person is not having sex with anyone, which leads many to confuse the word with ?chaste,? denoting someone who does not have illicit sex. A woman could have wild sex twice a day with her lawful husband and technically still be chaste, though the word is more often used to imply a general abstemiousness from sex and sexuality.

Full post as published by Althouse on January 26, 2010 (boomark / email).