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...friend and squash partner Stephen Macedo has certainly raised the level of much of the debate in The Crimson on the Colorado gay rights case (Evans v. Romer). He shows that it is possible to disagree sharply while maintaining courtesy and restraining indignation. Between ourselves, of course, we need no courtesy and feel no indignation, but that fact merely strengthens the point. His argument persuades me against my inclination to say something more here...
...interest in the Colorado case had little to do with gays. Homosexuality is not my favorite topic. I regard it as a misfortune because it prevents one from sharing in valuable human experiences, but there are other, worse misfortunes. Although I do regard homosexual practices as shameful, I do not recoil in horror at them. I think I understand the ambivalence of gays toward conventional morality--sometimes flaunting their scorn for it, sometimes wanting it on their side. Here is a very human contradiction...
Contrary to the Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Student Association's disinformation, what is at stake in the Colorado trial are not the basic rights of homosexual Americans but the basic rights of the family--the prerogative of communities and of American society to give special encouragement, recognition and support to married couples and their children...
...testifying in favor of the Colorado amendment, Mansfield has done his moral duty as a scholar, and provided a model of real social responsibility which the over-whelmingly liberal academy might take to heart. So far from being ashamed or distancing itself from Mansfield, as the BGLSA has urged, Harvard should be proud. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. '94 Vice-President Harvard Republican Club
...State Wildcats are mounting their best football season since the 1920's. The Wildcats, considered during the middle of the 80's to be the worst Division I-A football team in the country, are currently 6-1-1 and probably bowl bound. They narrowly lost to Nebraska, tied Colorado, and, last week, beat Oklahoma 21-7 for the first time in 23 years. They are currently ranked 16th in the nation...