Word: moral
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...disputable that as a nation or campus we disagree on the morality of homosexuality. Therefore, I write to do more than simply criticize Christopher McFadden '97 ("Quilts and the Moral Fabric," Oct. 17, opinion piece) for objecting to its practice, but more significantly to point out his irresponsible discussion of AIDS. He uses his moral objections to cloud the discussion of government funding for this deadly syndrome, and the reality of who is being infected...
...disease, also deserve the serious attention of the government. However, with limited funds, any nation must take decisions about how best to spend them. The question of whether to spend sparse resources on AIDS research or an cancer research should not be decided with the gaze of homophobia and moral intolerance...
While McFadden begins and ends his piece by criticizing radical activism for AIDS, his real issue is the moral legitimacy of homosexuality. When he attempts to draw parallels between smokers and homosexuals he displays his moral contempt rather than his intelligence. This comparison has no place within a reasoned debate. To imply that gays and lesbians actively choose to be criticized and discriminated against is folly. But whether or not they choose thier sexual orientation, that should not compel any state to condemn an act of loving between two consenting adults...
Homosexuality is a contentious issue, but we must face that tension not with moral absolutism but with "tolerance and dialogue." Mr. McFadden, while expressing his moral positions and advocating dialogue, does nothing but chip away from the bedrock of toleration on which this country was supposedly founded. --Alex-Handrah Aime...
...health concerns of the gay rights advocates and, indeed, of all those who give priority to the AIDS virus, as political concerns. Thus, he legitimizes dismissing the disease. Though the religious right claims that AIDS is God's answer to homosexuality, no health issue should be a political or moral concern. --Liz C. Vladeck...