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...while now. Some doctors find themselves battling anxious parents who, worried that their child will daydream his future away, demand the drug, and if refused, go off to find a more cooperative physician. Some parents feel pressured to medicate their child just so that his behavior will conform a bit more to other children's, even if they are quite content with their child's conduct--quirks, tantrums...
...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 on this issue of gay "rights." The sanctity of marriage is not something Christians can toss aside in an effort to conform to a shallow, PC understanding of Christian love and tolerance. BRONWEN C. MCSHEA...
...kind in the country. "Hawaii is a relatively young state with a multicultural population, so citizens have traditionally been very tolerant," Cloud says. "But Hawaiians are going through a wrenching internal debate: Should they extend the spirit of aloha to gay couples even if same-sex marriage does not conform to the public's religious values?" Moving from the state to the national level, senior writer Richard Lacayo examines the emergence of gay politics into the mainstream of American political life. "With Christian conservatives so powerful within the G.O.P.," Lacayo says, "don't count on much compromise...
...Pellegrini '86, assistant professor ofEnglish who teaches Women's Studies 101:"Introduction to Women's Studies: Changing theSubject," says she worries that "discussing theLewinsky scandal under the rubric of sexualharassment leaves the door open to criminalizingsex and sexuality which do not conform to'traditional family values,' whatever those...
...debate produced several viable options for progress toward stability. Bard Professor of History, emeritus, Richard Pipes proposed "teaching instead of preaching." Pipes contended that foreign aid and advice to Russia simply postpones a permanent solution and forces them to conform to Western ideals...