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Maybe Langsam is not aware of the various referenda that have popped up in several states to deny lesbians and gay men equal protection under the law. Maybe Langsam has not heard of the custody battles in which lesbians can be denied the right to see their children based on their sexual orientation. Maybe she is not aware that gay men can be denied the right to visit their dying partners because they are not legal spouses. Try as I might, I cannot find any comparable legal denials of the rights of Republican people...
Time and again, I had heard the stories about how difficult the next three years of my life would be--how much time I would spend locked up in my room reading cases about such subjects as contracts and civil procedure (civil what?); how many nights I would find myself at the library subciting for the journal(s) in which I would be forced to participate if I wanted my resume to look anything like everyone else's; how competitive the law school environment would be; how difficult it would be to have a social life...
Like many, I was painted and shaken when I heard the news that Lenard was beaten nearly to death by three white teens in Chicago--but I was not terribly surprised. Appalling as this merciless act of brutality was, it is one among many that points to the chilling fact that racism in America is alive and well...
...late in the week I still haven't heard anything. So I call again. A young woman answers and I ask her if they received my fax. She digs it up and starts reading it back to me, but when she gets to my request that the interview happen by Friday, she sounds perplexed. "But they're in Seattle," she protests. There's no percentage in denying this, I decide, so I concede the point. "But couldn't he talk to me on the phone from Seattle?" I ask, and she admits that this is not impossible. I remind...
...Square (which technically refers only to the triangle above 42nd Street where Broadway and Seventh Avenue meet but casually takes in the entire neighborhood) doesn't still retain some of its seedy, pre-Gap allure. Indeed, sailors still flock here during Fleet Week, but last year they were reportedly heard complaining that prostitutes had grown scarce...