Word: bans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Harvard currently contributes $130,000 a year to MIT's ROTC program. That amounts to $20 a year for each of Harvard's 6,500 undergraduates. Because of ROTC's ban on openly gay, lesbian and bisexual students, this means that every Harvard undergraduate spends $20 a year of his or her own money to finance such discrimination. While that may be fine with some Harvard students, we believe that the majority of Harvard students find the military's ban on gays and lesbians repugnant and would not choose to finance such discrimination...
...Harvard's Faculty Council voted three years ago to terminate Harvard's relationship with ROTC in two years if the military ban on gays and lesbians was not lifted. This decision was reaffirmed last spring...
...Congressman Henry Hyde of Illinois took the risk last week, announcing ) that he would switch from opposing the ban on assault weapons to favoring it. His change of heart may have made the last-minute surprise victory for the ban a certainty. His maneuver brought along many of the 38 Republicans who voted with the Democratic majority, including minority leader Bob Michel...
Hyde voted against the ban in 1991 and is an outspoken supporter of the right to bear arms, applauding people who guarded their property with firearms in the wake of Hurricane Andrew and the Los Angeles riots. "I don't want to disarm the community. I'm convinced 911 might not answer when you need it. You may be all there is to defend yourself." This is the kind of talk the gun lobby appreciates. Yet the white-haired, 20-year veteran of the House is also known for his intellectual honesty. He follows his deeply held beliefs...
...there may be a price to pay at home. The N.R.A. promised to punish those who voted in favor of the ban more than those who supported the Brady Bill, because that bill only delayed ownership of handguns by five days and didn't ban them outright. Hyde, who voted for the Brady Bill, recognizes that the assault-weapons measure "is a bigger nose in a smaller tent," and he anticipates continuing static from the pro-gun forces. While there is growing concern about guns in his district, it is the other side that is galvanized to retaliate. "The N.R.A...