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About 55 percent of Americans agree a constitutional amendment should confine marriage to heterosexual couples, whereas 40 percent disagreed according to a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted in mid-December.
But Summers’ sharp criticism of the Pentagon failed to assuage some Solomon Amendment opponents.
Summers reiterated that the University would not challenge the Pentagon’s interpretation of the Solomon Amendment in court, though HLS Lambda President Amanda C. Goad said yesterday that Law School students are currently preparing suits independent of the University.
“There is starting to be a beneficial effect because of the pressure brought to bear against the Defense Department, not only at Harvard, but by law schools across the country,” said Boston College Professor of Law Kent Greenfield, president of the Forum for Academic...
In December, a U.S. District Court Judge John C. Lifland rejected FAIR’s motion for a temporary injunction suspending the amendment. The group appealed Lifland’s ruling to the Third Circuit Court.