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...including their stand on abortion. But he noted that "on divorce and birth control, without changing its moral teaching, the church abides the civil law as it now stands, thereby accepting-without making much of a point of it-that in our pluralistic society we are not required to insist that all our religious values be the law of the land." Whether and precisely how to turn church teachings into public policy, Cuomo argued, "is not a matter of doctrine; it is a matter of prudential political judgment...
...question naturally arises whether the University should insist that every campus organization require that all of its invited speakers subject themselves to questioning and debate. This is not a simple question to resolve. Some thoughtful people would favor such a rule because the special mission of a university suggests that it should make special efforts to promote open discussion and debate whenever possible. Nevertheless, a university requirement that all speakers agree to debate might inhibit more speech than it promoted. Some speakers might refuse to come under these circumstances. Some organizations might decide to invite speakers to private members--only...
...view of these problems, I do not believe that it would be wise to insist that campus organizations require all speakers to submit to questions and discussion. It follows that no group should have the right to insist that speakers invited by others must subject themselves to debate. That is an issue for the sponsoring organization to decide. As a matter of good judgment, a sponsor would be well-advised at least to ask a speaker to engage in debate or answer questions whenever the subject is one that would naturally provoke interest in having such discussion. But a sponsoring...
...have broad latitude to conduct private meetings for their members in the manner they think best. It may be good judgment for an organization to invite others with a particular interest in an outside speaker to attend even if they have sharply opposing views. But the University should not insist that an organization invite nonmembers to hear a speaker whenever there is reason to believe that they might wish to come. For example, the Republican Club should be able to invite political figures to speak at private meetings without having to allow members of the Democratic Club to attend participate...
...have broad latitude to conduct private meetings for their members in the manner they think best. It may be good judgement for an organization to invite others with a particular interest in an outside speaker to attend even if they have sharply opposing views. But the University should not insist that an organization invite nonmembers to hear a speaker whenever there is reason to believe that they might wish to come. For example, the Republican Club should be able to invite political figures to speak without having to allow members of the Democratic Club to attend and participate...