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...moderation in matters of ethnic and political militancy within the Harvard community. I have found this role extremely uncomfortable. I share the goals of some militants. Above all, I have the deepest sympathy with the desire of groups such as women, blacks, Jews, radicals (right and left), homosexuals, etc. to remove ascriptive constraints upon full particpation and representation in the life of this great university. Yet I have found it impossible to support militant and confrontationalist styles for realizing these goals...
...made up of student, faculty, administration and alumni members and, since its inception, has recommended that Harvard vote in favor of a number of shareholder resolutions calling upon major corporations to improve their "social behavior" in many different areas--strip mining, pollution, equal employment, foreign involvement, military production, etc...
...large banks surveyed this year voted against some management proposals. Although the report does not indicate the names of most of the banks (they requested anonymity), the 1974 IRRC annual report lists most of the major New York banks--Chase Manhattan, First National City Bank, Morgan Guaranty Trust, etc.--and large banks from all over the country among its subscribers...
...most Americans, these and similar recent events are unfamiliar. To those who learn about them, they are jolting evidence of the spread of unabashed homosexuality once thought to be confined to the worlds of theater, dance, fashion, etc. Similarly jolting have been public announcements of their homosexuality by a variety of people who could be anybody's neighbors?a Maryland teacher, a Texas minister, a Minnesota state senator, an Ohio professor, an Air Force sergeant...
...civil rights for homosexuals, the churches are split. In the past few years, the National Federation of Priests' Councils, the National Council of Churches, and scattered church jurisdictions have passed various resolutions condemning discrimination in law, employment, housing, etc. But several Roman Catholic bishops have come out against "gay rights" bills in their cities. With the tacit backing of Terence Cardinal Cooke, Catholics played a heavy role last year in defeating a New York City antidiscrimination bill that had been expected to pass. In California, an ad hoc Coalition of Concerned Christians recently tried?but failed?...