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...years ago a group of gay students at Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University field suit to force the Catholic-affiliated school to recognize their campus organization...

Author: By Mark Sedway, | Title: Court to Rule on Gay Group Status In Georgetown Discrimination Case | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

While the present members of the group, Gay People of Georgetown University, have little involvement in the case, the Washington gay community, with the backing of D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, has taken up the plaintiff's side. Experts say the U.S. Supreme Court may ultimately decide the matter, which sets in opposition concepts of freedom of religion and sexual freedom...

Author: By Mark Sedway, | Title: Court to Rule on Gay Group Status In Georgetown Discrimination Case | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

...arguments presented to the court October 16, the university countered that the measure violates its Constitutional right to advance Catholic teaching. Georgetown policy is to grant recognition only to student groups whose positions are compatible with Catholic doctrine...

Author: By Mark Sedway, | Title: Court to Rule on Gay Group Status In Georgetown Discrimination Case | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

Recognition of gays would be construed as an endorsement of a homosexual lifestyle and would violate the Georgetown policy, according to university attorney Charles Wilson...

Author: By Mark Sedway, | Title: Court to Rule on Gay Group Status In Georgetown Discrimination Case | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

...former Cabot House resident concentrated in French literature while at Harvard, and in Washington was taking courses in German at Georgetown University. She was also tutoring students in foreign languages...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Harvard Graduate Murdered in D.C. | 10/29/1985 | See Source »

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