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...Connecticut justices spend most of the remainder of the 85-page decision explaining how gays have been victimized. The court felt this was necessary in order to classify gays as a "quasi-suspect class" entitled to heightened protection under the state constitution. And so there is page after page on how powerless gays and lesbians are. "For centuries," the justices wrote, people have disliked gays. "Until not long ago, gay persons were widely regarded as deviants ... [who were] mentally ill ... [G]ay persons also face virulent homophobia that rests on nothing more than feelings of revulsion ... Insofar as gay persons...
...second problem is that as long as gays are portrayed as victims who must get special treatment (or "quasi-suspect" status) from the courts, our rights will never be as durable as when we win them through the vote. The backlash to same-sex-marriage court decisions has helped conservatives all over the country, particularly in the 2004 elections. This year, the right has funded a massive campaign to overturn the marriage-equality ruling in California. (Thanks in part to donations from Mormon and Catholic groups, the campaign has raised $24 million so far, according to a Los Angeles Times...
...supported by non-neutral institutions, such as governments, which may seek to conform art to their own expectations or beliefs. Garber also noted the tension between the commercial and the exploratory sides of art, stating that while “older art is deeply valued, newer art is sometimes suspect.” Patrons are wary of supporting risky, edgy and unsanctioned art, which may be less commercially successful than art that is traditional and accepted, she said. Audience members who were involved in the arts said they agreed with many of Garber’s points. Susan H. Skoog...
...That narrow scope for united action was duly noted during Saturday's minisummit in Paris. "Each government will operate with its own methods and means but in a coordinated manner," Sarkozy said of European reaction to the crisis. In saying that, he clearly didn't suspect that Merkel would issue a unilateral savings guarantee the next day. Still, Sarkozy and his fellow E.U. leaders also made it clear that it may now be too late to do much else but limit the extent of the damage in the current drama and await new global rules on finance and business ethics...
...suspect will be arraigned at the Cambridge District Court today for the Quincy House break-in as well as several other incidents at neighboring universities...