Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard officials say they just need time to prove they have women's interests at heart. After all, they claim, under the old arrangement they had become accustomed to thinking of women's issues as Radcliffe's sphere...
...Harvard officials say its recent efforts, including the 12th annual Women's Leadership Project and the Harvard College Women's Initiative, show an increased awareness of and response to female undergraduates...
...bill's backers say cities pass zoning laws that keep churches out. They say children cannot wear the Star of David to school because of regulations meant to ban gang symbols. They say coroners perform autopsies on those whose faith holds that the corpse is sacred. In short, without the Religious Liberty Protection Act, says Marc Stern of the American Jewish Congress, "you send a message to the state [authorities] that they have carte blanche to interfere with religious practices...
Proponents of the law say people like Father Timothy Mockaitis need it. In April 1996, Mockaitis went to the Lane County, Ore., jailhouse to hear the confession of Conan Wayne Hale. Authorities had charged Hale with murdering three teenagers. District Attorney F. Douglass Harcleroad, thinking Hale might break down and tell all, had secretly arranged to bug the confession...
...opposes it unless an amendment makes clear that religious claims cannot be used to defeat civil rights laws. Civil rights advocates are concerned about such groups as the World Church of the Creator, for example, which claims a religious belief in promoting the white race. Gay lawyers say the bill would allow conservative Christian landlords to refuse to rent to gay people even in states with laws protecting lesbians and gays from housing discrimination...