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Furthermore, the staff wrote that a student “who does not believe in the resurrection could make a great leader [of HRCF],” as long as he or she were interested in “prayer, socializing, and community service.” But these are not the only activities that HRCF undertakes, and they are far from the most important. In fact, one of the first purposes outlined in the HRCF Constitution is to sponsor events that “witness to the Lord Jesus Christ as God Incarnate...
...including HRCF’s members, should be saddened by CCL’s recent decision. Discrimination against any of us is discrimination against all of us. If this decision is allowed to stand, who will protect those members of HRCF who have views that differ slightly from the current leadership of the group? Allowing discrimination in officer selection is in effect silencing dissent within the group and this can and will only lead to difficulty for future generations of HRCF officers...
...call upon the administration to reverse this irresponsible assault on the freedom of every member of the Harvard community, religious or not. We are all funding HRCF and we are all hurt by its practices. I hope that we will all soon decide to condemn them...
...Leaders should be interested in—and effective at—fulfilling the group’s mission, but they should not be restricted based upon profession of faith.” But what if, and this is certainly the case with Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship (HRCF), the “mission” and “purpose” of the group is in fact faith-based? How can a profession of faith be irrelevant in the leadership of a faith-based group? In the name of fairness, would you expect that the leadership of Alcoholics Anonymous...
...Committee on College Life was wise to recognize HRCF’s legitimate claims to distinctive qualities for leadership. The Harvard community has been well-served by HRCF for well over half a century, and HRCF for as long by leaders who are prepared to subscribe to its faith positions. If there is any discrimination going on in this debate, it is the unseemly discrimination of The Crimson against an explicitly Christian student group, and the particulars of the faith which provides the basis of its identity...