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...every gay success, there is a countervailing setback. For every invitation, there is a rebuff. If the view over the past quarter-century suggests that gay progress is inevitable, the picture today suggests that gays may instead be, as their opponents argue, a unique case rather than just another minority group. Far from continuing toward inclusion, gays may already be bumping up against the limits of tolerance. When Americans were polled by TIME/CNN last week, about 65% thought homosexual rights were being paid too much attention. Strikingly, those who described homosexuality as morally wrong made up exactly the same proportion...
...outside of China. It could also seek a multi-lateral reproach of China by raising the issue of human rights before the U.N With the creation of Radio Free Asia and its removal of a cap on arms sales to Taiwan, the U.S. has already taken measures to rebuff China for its recent human rights abuses. Denying China its MFN status in addition to these politically punitive actions would be an excessive measure that would probably worsen Sino-American relations, and threaten free trade...
...however, is that effective control of Clinton's economic plan has now passed from the White House to Washington's army of special interests. The dismemberment of his energy tax is a case study in how difficult it has been for Clinton to make good on his pledge to rebuff those diverse interests in favor of the larger good...
...dumping Guinier, Clinton was also forced to rebuff Reno, who supported the civil rights nominee. Reno had read Guinier's writings and found them to be merely "thought-provoking efforts on the part of a law professor to invigorate debate." Later she added, "I think if you look at her record, she'd be the best possible choice." At the White House, Reno was said to be deeply annoyed at the President's action, and the next day she gave Guinier the forum for a press conference at Justice to tell her side. In doing so, Reno was walking...
According to The New York Times, the court's rebuff of the latest challenge to its June ruling marks the only time in the past 20 years that a major abortion case has been thrown out the window. Will the court's decision to discard cases on abortion be a continuing trend? What do these actions signify for the abortion debate? Both pro-lifers and pro-choicers should be wary of a court that deems significant abortion cases irrelevant...