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...ROTC at Harvard is not about the "don't ask, don't tell policy," it is about Harvard students--and the message was clear: The council does not support its gay students and can support homophobic institutions on its own campus. I just wish the "student representatives" of Harvard had realized that their actions, while good for ROTC cadets, can threaten gay Harvard students...
...Keep ROTC Ban in Place...
John H. Whitehouse III (Letters, April 12) attributes the gay community's opposition to the return of ROTC to the Harvard campus to "self-righteous arrogance", citing the support by gay students of American troops in Kosovo. Whitehouse is correct in suggesting that gay students overwhelmingly support efforts by the United States military, in addition to supporting their peers in ROTC who have undertaken our national defense as their personal responsibility...
Whitehouse's assertion that the gay community's opposition to ROTC's return to Harvard's campus is a function of "feel[ing] uncomfortable" trivializes the challenges that gay students face each day in gaining and maintaining acceptance in our community. I urge Whitehouse to educate himself about the escalation of hate crimes against gays and lesbians in our society today, crimes which have been concentrated in areas where tolerance is not as widely practiced...
...last Sunday's council meeting, the ROTC debate was framed in terms of "accommodating" cadets who are "inconvenienced" by their participation in an ROTC program at MIT. The authors of the bill introduced it as one which addresses "student services" rather than political issues...