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What purpose is served by barring a celibate gay male from entering the seminary or the priesthood? Reaffirming a ban on gays from participating as Catholic priests would drive away some of the very few men willing to serve the church and live celibate lives...
...relevance of the female struggle in a male-dominated workplace can not be refuted, particularly when considering how much of a stranglehold men still have over workplace conditions. The controversy over University President Laurence H. Summers’ comments on the innate differences between men and women brought these questions even closer to home...
...male Harvard undergraduate was the victim of an armed robbery early Thursday morning while walking on Memorial Drive near Akron Street, just blocks east of Mather and Dunster Houses, police said. According to a community advisory released by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD), the undergraduate reported to police that at around 2:00 a.m. on Thursday, two males approached him and demanded his iPod. One of the suspects displayed a knife before they took his iPod and fled up Akron Street. HUPD is not releasing any more information about the victim, but he did not suffer injuries during...
...enough time with this to have created their own marriage rituals and symbols that have meaning. Because I don't think that gay and lesbian relationships are identical to heterosexual relationships. I do think that heterosexual weddings, or at least most of them, are sort of camp pantomimes about male and female sex roles, even if the couple is marrying as individuals and equals...I think it's going to take three or four generations of gay people being able to get married before it starts feeling less like we're going through these motions, that we're aping...
...homosexuality or take part in gay life by, say, visiting gay-oriented websites and bookstores and gay-pride events. According to the National Catholic Reporter, a third, more loosely defined strike would go against seminary candidates whose homosexual orientation is sufficiently "strong" and "permanent" as to make the all-male environment of a seminary a temptation to sexual activity. Gays already in the priesthood would not be affected by the new document, which was signed by Benedict in September, according to Corriere della Sera...