Advertising.

The letter from Gerald Foreman concerning the advertisement for an associate at a "Small Christian Family Law Firm" and the editor's response made me revisit my discussions in logic and ethics at college.

If we substitute any of a number of other descriptive elements for the word Christian, will the editor or Bar members have a different opinion? Use the words white, black, Jewish, Muslim, Republican, Democrat, male, female, or bi-sexual instead, or choose your own. If none of these are objectionable, and a firm that advertises for an associate at a "Small White, Male, Family Law Firm" does not explicitly state they will not consider females in their ad, then Christian is just fine.

I believe the cure for bad speech is more speech, not less, but it depends upon whose ox is being gored, doesn't it?

Jeffrey L. Price

Gainesville

Gerald Forman's letter in the January 1 News starts the New Year off correctly by reminding us that as officers of the court we should not countenance lawyer advertising that is discriminatory in nature.

The editor's response that the subject ad for a "Small Christian Family Law Firm" is not on its face discriminatory does a very good job of ignoring the obvious message of the ad. I can see a group of Orthodox Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, or atheists enthusiastically responding to this ad.

Who the law firm hires is up to them; the Bar should not encourage near explicit religious-based discrimination. That...