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...admissions system currently in place at the University of Michigan. The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Michigan case finally allows us to confront the issue of race in college admissions head on and move towards a race-blind university admissions system that truly gives an equal opportunity...
...both sides are wrong. If your sole measure of the success of any arrangement is whether it increases the representation of certain minorities, then it doesn't really matter what procedure you use to achieve that result: some people are getting something desirable because of their race, and an equal number of people are not getting it for the same reason...
...things were equal, teams would make the Super Bowl every 16 years. Well, ask the Jets about that. They were Super Bowl champs in 1968 and haven't been back ? the longest return drought of any team. You bet they'd give up two No. 1's, two No. 2's and $8 mil to get back to the Super Bowl. (The NFL, however, has put the kibash on all trades that exchange coaches for draft picks...
...treatment of sexual minorities with respect and compassion. The Church does not believe that homosexual individuals are in any way more inherently sinful than other beings. According to Jesus’ teachings, represented in the Bible and professed by all Christians, all humans are sinful and all have equal access to redemption. The Bible tells us that Jesus sought out and loved the thieves, prostitutes and sinners shunned by the “righteous” of his day. His longest conversation with an individual in the Bible is with a sexual sinner many times over, the Samaritan woman...
...should strive to overcome. However, even if the state of homosexuality were sinful—and even if it were a sin to be female or male, wealthy or poor, a high school dropout or a Ph.D—Catholics would be bound to treat all individuals with equal love and concern, as Jesus did in life, and as we believe he does as the Risen...