Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...roommate, who is an Orthodox Jew, is not. This does not mean that I am attracted to him, nor do his religious beliefs stand as a barrier to our communication about issues of sexual orientation...
What Hugh P. Liebert has in essence said (Column, Nov. 9) is that Christianity can be used as a legitimate justification for "deep-seated moral qualms about homosexuality" and thus Christian students should not be forced to have gay roommates, for reasons of "potential sexual attraction and its attendant discomfort...
...fact, we are constantly debating these issues, and this is exactly the kind of dialogue that the Freshman Dean's Office envisions when it puts students together with incompatible and not simply neutrally "different" beliefs. In my rooming situation, religion and sexual orientation may not make a perfect fit, but this tension does not make a case for switching rooms...
...case at hand, legal experts are split on how the court will rule, partly because of the malleability of sexually based First Amendment protections - at what point do erotic dancers become simply a vice for consumption and not a form of expression? "Every court is uncomfortable when it has to deal with sexual expression as a First Amendment interest, against the societal interest in maintaining moral order," says Sanders. He also notes the difficulty in predicting how the court will fall on the issue, since it comes down to the moral views of each member. Clarence Thomas may want...
...sensible policy for several reasons, the best of which is both simple and secular: just as males should not be forced to live with females, straight students should not be forced to live with gays. Potential sexual attraction and its attendant discomfort can make the daily grind of dorm life unbearable...