Word: gay
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...council believes this policy creates "an environment in which homophobia is seen as an acceptable belief which should be accommodated." Now, some first-years who request room changes may indeed be homophobes: they may bear an irrational fear or hate of gays. Some, one guesses, neither hate nor fear gays but would feel uncomfortable living with a gay student nonetheless. And some are probably devout Christians whose faith grounds their opposition to homosexuality, promiscuity, and the like. But the council bills, which fairly represent recent campus dialogue on this issue, classify all under the genus "homophobia," in effect equating Christians...
More importantly, the current FDO policy recognizes the genuine, heartfelt religious faith of many incoming students, Christian and otherwise. These students are probably not rare--at least, 83 percent of Americans call themselves Christians, and 65 percent of Americans oppose gay marriage...
...University to force students with deep-seated moral qualms about homosexuality to attempt to live with a gay roommate is to disregard what, for many, is a core religious belief. Students whose faith leads them to this belief have become unwitting targets of campus angst...
...instance, the much-criticized BGLTSA postering campaign during Coming Out Week aimed to shock all decent students, but none so much as Christians. Posters like "Every Tenth Jesus is Gay," "St. Sebastian: the first fag in the military" and "I praise the good Lord with my wet, quivering clitoris," could serve no other purpose besides insulting and intimidating the faithful. But as disgruntled undergraduates, prospective students and bubbly tour groups milled through the Yard, the signs remained. If gays were to face the abuse they heap indiscriminately on Christian students, one would not expect similar docility...
Unfortunately, several gay students and tutors have experienced similar abuse in the form of hateful graffiti. A veritable uproar of indignation has followed news of the graffiti, and rightly so. The one or more confused and decidedly un-Christian people responsible for it should be punished severely when caught. But, honestly, the graffiti was no more obscene (how could it be?) than the BGLTSA flyers posted across Harvard Yard...