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Some people speculate that Gates wanted a civic Gotterdammerung -- a traumatic breakdown that would somehow justify his crude law-and-order faith. The Rev. Cecil Murray, an influential black pastor, calls Gates "a proud man, almost a vain man." Murray theorizes, "What better vindication upon those who find him anathema than to let them write for him ((Gates)) a blank check to destroy?" There is, however, no evidence to support any conspiracy theory, and Gates instead blames critics of the L.A.P.D.'S tough tactics for the chaotic police response in the early phases of the rioting. "Police officers...
Even if the staff were to admit that the Bible might possibly have some validity, it would still take sides on the call for the Reverend Gomes' resignation. Regardless of Rudenstine's role. The Crimson wishes to dictate to members of Harvard's Christian community the type of pastor with which it should be comfortable...
...Adam Webb '93, a member of Concerned Christians at Harvard, said yesterday, "I think it's inconsistent with the Plummer professor's role as pastor of Memorial Church to alienate any significant portion of Harvard's Christian community, and that is what Peter Gomes has done...
...Alving's books and her underlying individuality conflict with the pastor's faith in the divine; he considers the yoke of duty as the primary characteristic for a wife and refuses even to listen to her contrary opinions...
Meanwhile, Pastor Manders (Ron Ritchell) arrives at the Alving home to prepare for the christening of the Captain Alving Memorial Orphanage. Ritchell convincingly plays a character who condemns Mrs. Alving's books on grounds that they are improper--although he has not read them...