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...beliefs, even when the issues at hand are as clear as day. Here they are both unclear and very very big, so a word of caution is due before I start playing fast and loose. It would be naive to argue that the "simple faith" of writer Randy Karger is impossible, when in this day and age of scientific discovery, belief is so nearly impossible as a matter of course. It is not his personal faith I attack, nor the "long and difficult" faith of his colleague Brad Whitman, but their public pronouncements of the character of faith in general...
...writing in response to Randy A. Karger's piece in the Opinion section of the Crimson (Feb. 3). My first objection to this piece is quite simple. There is no need to write such a chastising piece, nor to put the subtitle "Council Means to Push the Homosexual Lifestyle on Christendom." All the Undergraduate Council did was pass a resolution that said that it, as a body, supported the rights of homosexual couples to have "same-sex blessing ceremonies" in Memorial Church. This is certainly not binding on the administrative board of Memorial Church--that was quite acknowledged...
...second and more serious problem with Mr. Karger's piece is that he asserts that Memorial Church cannot be used to perform same-sex blessing ceremonies without acting counter to its mission as a Christian church. Certainly, Mr. Karger's particular religious beliefs tell him that same-sex blessing ceremonies are sinful and immoral, but Memorial Church is a non-denominational Christian church...
...Karger is a Christian and a Harvard student, and as such, should be allowed to perform those rites and ceremonies he holds sacred under the roof of Memorial Church. I am also a Christian and a Harvard student. Leaving aside the question of whether members of other religious faiths have been or should be allowed to perform ceremonies in Memorial Church, what right has he to say that we are breaking with Christianity? My version of Christianity and his are very different. I do not presume to judge his creed as wrong; perhaps he could exhibit the same degree...
...Karger asks, "Who should decide whether or not [homosexual relationships could be consistent with the teachings of Christianity]?" I argue that that is something that cannot be decided without presuming to value one Christian belief over another. Choosing between various Christian beliefs is contrary to Memorial Church's mission as a non-denominational church. I hope that the administrative board takes this into consideration, and comes to a decision that respects the beliefs of all denominations. --Nancy A. Sims...