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PROS: Timely. Offers yet another chance to rip apart poorly reasoned naturalistic fallacies. Provides obvious opportunity to take George Michael's "Sex is natural, sex is fun, sex is best when it's one-on-one" lyrics out of context...
...sincere hope that members of the Harvard community recognize that this letter is not meant to denounce homosexuals. I only which to voice my disapproval of Gomes' recent actions and discuss them within the context of Harvard's Christian community. Sumner Anderson...
...staff mistakenly takes Peninsula's arguments at face value and on Peninsula's terms, wrongly ignoring the larger societal and historical context of antipathy toward gays...
Taken out of context, the quote implies that Peninsula is unconcerned with the homosexual person. This is untrue. In the same introduction, we write, "More importantly, we think [homosexuality] is bad for individuals; submitting to the homosexual 'lifestyle' can destroy individuals emotionally, physically, and spiritually." Even a cursory look at our issue will show that our primary concern is with the damage that homosexuality can do the homosexual person...
FIRST, LIBERALS MAY see a David Duke victory as a politically advantageous event in the context of next year's presidential race. A Republican Klansman in office is the stuff of some liberals' dreams. Such a victory, the thinking goes, would mobilize mass support for a Democratic candidate who would attack George Bush and his G.O.P. as racist and out of touch with American values...