Word: melendez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Melendez, in trademark style, wrote his mother a 15-page letter refuting every objection she made to his summer roommates. He says, "My attitude toward that kind of living arrangement is there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. My parents are of the opinion that it carries some kind of stigma of immorality, but the basis of that is their upbringing, not any kind of moral standard...
...Dolores Melendez, for her part, says she is confident that her son's rethinking of Christianity will not lead him away from the church. "I can't forsee him turning his back on Christianity," she says. But she warns, "I see a little bit of secular humanism creeping in." Does she condemn that? "No," she says. "I'm not his judge, I'm his mother...
...Melendez's newfound intellectual beliefs mean, however, "that for the rest of my life I'm going to be confronting the kind of conservative--I almost want to say Republican--Ronald Reagan, Jerry Falwell Christianity with my liberal, intellectual Christianity...
...Melendez continues, "There's a message that needs to be brought from the academic community to the Christian community which is that you should celebrate your religion in the tradition of the larger pluralistic culture which we're a part, rather than celebrate it as a crusade against the evil that dwells in everything that you're not a part...
FRIENDS SAY MELENDEZ has mellowed significantly since he first hit Cambridge. Early on, says former Council chairman Gregory S. Lyss '85, who is known for his colorful language, Brian would tell him, `"Come on Greg let's cut out the F-word' or `Let's cut out the S-word."' Lyss says Melendez eased up after a while...