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...officers observed some suspicious activity that led them to investigate, and they came upon a drug deal," said HUPD spokesperson Steven Catalano...
...Illogical Home For Tufts' Catalano...
Second, when joining a religious organization, it is always the individual who discriminates. It is up to the individual to decide which organizations share their beliefs and are worthy of their membership. If none share their beliefs, then that individual may start his or her own group. Obviously, Julie Catalano was not in full communion with the beliefs of the Tufts Christian Fellowship. Why did she want to become the leader of an organization that she didn't agree with...
Third, the logic of protecting sexual orientation from discrimination is flawed because it heavily favors homosexual behavior. Under Tufts University's non-discrimination policy, TCF could have successfully barred Catalano from office for admitting that she had sex with a married man (adultery) or that she had sex with a single man (fornication), if Catalano were to state that she thought such practices were not morally wrong (since those practices are also against Christian beliefs). Only having sex with a woman would have been a protected practice...
Dean Lewis refused to comment on whether Harvard's non-discrimination policy would protect a student in a situation similar to Catalano's, noting that such a situation "has not arisen in practice, at least in the past five years" and that the "factual details about [such a] case… [would] influence how the policies apply." This unwillingness to confirm that Harvard's non-discrimination policy protects students from discrimination based upon belief is, at best, disconcerting. As students we ought not settle for a policy that may or may not protect an individual from being forced to renounce...