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...candidate should face discrimination because of the non-issue of his or her personal religious stance, which as nothing at all to do with the campaign," said HSS President Derek C. Araujo...
...Araujo said atheists have also been the victims of discrimination on the basis of their beliefs...
...found Derek Araujo's gay rights piece ("Twig-Picking and Other Sins," Nov. 17) quite amusing. By claiming that religious people are being hypocritical bigots by at once condemning homosexuality and not supporting capital punishment for twig-picking, he demonstrates a sorry ignorance of the Christian faith...
...Testament, Christ modifies some of the harsher aspects of the Old Testament, saying at one point, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath." This might help assuage Mr. Araujo's confusion about why the religious right has not lobbied for anti-twig-picking legislation. As for homosexuality, the message of Christianity is as St. Augustine described: "With love for mankind and hatred of sins." Had Mr. Araujo a true understanding of the religion he so belittles, he'd see how Christians can reject some of the harshness of the Old Testament and still refuse to yield...
...Derek C. Araujo '99 is a physics concentrator in Winthrop House. He is the president and founder of the Harvard Secular Society...