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But Lin and panelist Jeff A. Redding '96, gay rights project leader for the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, argued that the current "don't ask, don't tell" policy isn't very different from the original ban on gays.
But Redding said the University's relationshipwith ROTC "grants implicit approval and explicitsupport" to the military's discrimination againsthomosexuals. "The only way to support the ROTCprogram is to violate Harvard's ownnondiscriminatory policy," he said
"Whether these petitions will help to influence Rudenstine or other people that heneeds to convince, we wanted to at least give himsomething tangible that he could show whomever isin charge," Redding said.
Redding said Rudenstine told the CLUH memberswho delivered the petitions that, while hepersonally supported their position opposing theban on gays in the military, the council mandatewas not his to implement.
"Rudenstine was both knowledgeable andforthcoming, but he said that the University'sBoard of Overseers really needed to decide, thatthis was not an internal decision he could make,"Redding said.