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Last week, University President Lawrence H. Summers reiterated his support for equal opportunity in the military. “We all look forward to the day when any American regardless of their sexual orientation as regardless of their race or religion can serve in the armed forces,” he told The Crimson. Yet he admitted that he did not intend to back these principles with legal action on the part of Harvard University...
Harvard’s refusal to participate in the lawsuit raises serious questions about the University’s commitment to fight discrimination, and it undermines Harvard’s traditional role as a progressive institution dedicated to equal rights. Harvard should be searching for any occasion to correct these wrongs, not shirking from a clear opportunity to promote liberal principles and protect its students...
This explanation fails to acknowledge the University’s role in taking principled stands on important issues, even if that means challenging the federal government. Harvard, dedicated to its anti-discrimination policy and equal rights for all citizens, cannot tolerate discrimination based on sexual orientation on its campus in any form. A partnership as coercive as the one that produced the Solomon Amendment can hardly be considered “constructive...
Summers’ decision to accept discrimination against homosexuals is frustrating and misguided. He should reevaluate the position he has taken, so that Harvard’s name and resources can help bring down the amendment. Even an unsuccessful suit would underscore the University’s dedication to equal rights. When Summers took office in 2001, many on campus were hopeful that he would use his bully pulpit to take principled stands on issues of national importance. Now is his chance...
...immediately imbued with a sense of our country’s purpose. Lincoln, however, enunciated his immortal words in an effort to define the civil war. He called the war a test of whether a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal could survive. After a terrible battle, Lincoln reminded America that the soldiers’ lives were not lost in vain. Lincoln gave the nation hope...