Word: oppenheim
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...When Oppenheim writes that "the acceptance of racial and gender difference may have been possible...only because such inclusions did not involve revision of our basic moral principles," it is the nadir of an article whose unspoken agenda is to insist that homosexuality is fundamentally immoral...
...Oppenheim-who cannot be unaware of the great strides Harvard and out society has made in changing its "culture" over the years--adopts a defeatist attitude that seems highly suspect...
...assertion that homosexuality is on biologically shaky grounds is just that--an assertion. As highlighted as an argument against the activities of the BGLTSA [Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgendered Supporters Alliance] in Oppenheim's article, it harkens back to the pseudoscience of 19th-and 20th-century race theorists. Perhaps some might agree with Oppenheim that "basic models of ethics and of sexuality are two of those foundations...that preserve a society's stability." But these are same people who object to the presence of women anywhere outside the kitchen. If a society cannot with-stand the integration of queer culture...
...strict division in Oppenheim's article between "political" questions such as same-sex marriage and "cultural" questions is highly suspect. Despite Harvard's legal implementation of sexual equality, sexual discrimination still presents itself in purely "cultural" interactions. A professor's chance comment that the female mind is unsuited to the study of a certain subject, for example, leads to dysfunctional advising relationships...
...Oppenheim remains unconvinced of the oppressive weight of "cultural" questions, he might ask himself why many queers who are comfortable with the "moral" aspects of their sexuality choose to remain closeted. While it is true that Harvard is often admirably queer-friendly, especially on level of Faculty and House masters, it has failed the queer community many times. The reassignment of first-year roommates at the request of a student who could not live with a homosexual is one example that has surfaced in the past years...