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Harvard originally banned ROTC from campus 40 years ago, amid anti- Vietnam War sentiment. Since then, Harvard has continued to ban the program citing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which prevents openly gay people from serving in the armed forces...
...Rachel L. Wagley ’11, one of the protesters and secretary of the Harvard Republican Club, said policies toward ROTC should not be affected by the military’s treatment of people who are openly gay...
...36th day as mayor, Newsom ordered the City Clerk to start marrying same-sex couples, in violation of California law. Newsom made the controversial move against the advice of much of his staff as well as Democrats concerned the action would galvanize the Republican Party. Some 4,000 gay couples tied the knot before the state courts declared the marriages invalid. During the height of the ensuing publicity, Newsom said he received over 1,000 death threats...
...gay marriage mayor ... I'm an icon of myself." - on how his same-sex marriage push has defined his reputation, The Advocate, April...
...civil rights struggle, gains are made by spectacular boldness, and Newsom was spectacularly bold." - Kate Kendell, a gay rights activist, on Newsom's decision to let same-sex couples get married in San Francisco, The New Yorker...