US Congress Bans Use of the Word ‘Lunatic’ in Federal Legislation
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By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Following a move by the Senate, the House of Representatives voted 398-1 on Wednesday to ban the use of the word lunatic from all federal legislation. According to this BBC article: “Senator Kent Conrad, …