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Harvard Law School Dean Martha L. Minow joined four other law school deans in advocating for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in a letter sent to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees last week...
...send a gift to Bill Clinton. It was a humble pot, made by American hands; it was sort of to say, “Thank you, and it’s up to you to keep the peace.” The next thing you know I got a letter back from Bill Clinton, that said, “Thank you so much for your kind words, all my regards...
...think Irish society should take this letter extremely seriously," says Raftery. "For years, we handed over all responsibility for our morality to these people who now stand condemned with such devastation by their own Pope...
...abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy, Pope Benedict XVI offered an apology: "You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry." For Ireland's bishops, the pontiff had a reprimand: "Serious mistakes were made. All this has seriously undermined your credibility." Thus the highlights of an eight-page letter from Rome received at Mass around Ireland on March...
...Pope also wrote that a team of Vatican inspectors would be sent to dioceses, seminaries and religious congregations in Ireland. But victims' groups were unimpressed, charging that the papal letter had failed to address the cover-up of child abuse by the Irish Catholic authorities exposed in recent weeks. "He didn't apologize for anything the church has done, only for the actions of pedophile priests," says Andrew Madden, who was abused as an altar boy and is a member of the victims group One in Four. "[The Church's actions] weren't just down to errors of judgment. This...