Word: solomons
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...long conference, Lambda honored Boston College law professor Kent Greenfield for his work in challenging the Solomon Amendment. The day featured panels planning ways to attack the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prohibits openly gay and lesbian individuals from serving, and discussing “ex-gay treatment,” a movement by some faith-based groups to alter the sexual orientation of homosexuals...
...Greenfield accepted the organization’s Leadership Award at the dinner banquet for founding and leading the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights. FAIR, a coalition of 40 law schools, unsuccessfully sought over the last two and half years to overturn the Solomon Amendment, a federal law that forces universities to choose between forgoing federal funds and allowing the military to recruit on their campuses. Schools have refused to do so because “don’t ask, don’t tell” clashes with many law schools’—including Harvard?...
...acceptance speech, Greenfield said that his key motivation for challenging the Solomon Amendment was his son Liam...
...case “wasn’t really about free speech,” as FAIR had asserted in its challenge, but “about equality.” FAIR, he said, had come up with a “creative” argument to fight Solomon...
...from more than 25 applicants. The advisory committee will consist of Matthew P. Downer ’07, Kimberly E. Gittleson ’08, Kevin P. Kiley ’07, Yonina R. Murciano-Goroff ’06, Imran M. Saleh ’07, Adam A. Solomon ’09, and Adam G. Zalisk ’07. Although the Graduates School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is included under FAS, no graduate students were chosen to serve on the study advisory committee. [See story, page A1.] “Graduate student concerns and undergraduate concerns...