Word: sanctioning
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...writing in response to Randy Karger's piece entitled "Appropriating the Pulpit" in the Feb. 3rd issue of the Crimson. In this piece, Mr. Karger denounces the Undergraduate Council for passing a resolution that encourages Memorial Church to "sanction administering same-sex blessing ceremonies at Memorial Church by clergy willing to perform such ceremonies...
Recently, the Undergraduate Council passed a resolution to urge the administrative board of Memorial Church to "sanction administering same-sex blessing ceremonies at Memorial Church by clergy willing to perform such ceremonies." The resolution passed easily, 34 for and only six against. One might be tempted to believe that such strong support suggests that the resolution was on the right track. However, given the fact that Memorial Church is meant to be a Christian church in conjunction with the Bible's teachings on homosexual acts, one quickly sees that such "blessing ceremonies" have no place whatsoever in a Christian church...
...They hope for similar laws in the United States in light of the Supreme Court's decision to consider the issue. However, many opponents of euthanasia, such as myself, feel gravely concerned at the potential consequences of the Australian law: for the first time ever there is actually government sanction for a process which effectively promotes killing as a form of healing, and death as a cure...
Even if the Board of Ministry does elect to permit same-sex marriages in Memorial Church, it cannot compel individual ministers or congregations to sanction them...
...discrimination is meant to counteract a supposed greater evil. It is argued that anti-minority prejudice will never realistically be eliminated and so, from a pragmatic standpoint, the equally inequitable remedy should be tolerated. Even from a detached perspective, the logic of this reasoning seems questionable. Why should we sanction one injustice to fight another...