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Leaders of the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) have already been told that they must allow men to become voting members in order to continue to be recognized as a student organization...
...problem for some is Harvard's long-time insistence that all University-sponsored programming be open to all undergraduates. That means no center or space devoted solely to women, like Radcliffe's Lyman Common Room, and no women's student government open to only women voters, like the Radcliffe Union of Students...
This odd grouping, however, is having trouble staying united. The American Civil Liberties Union, which helped draft the current bill, as well as the 1993 law, now 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...
Those pressing the First Lady insist it is perfectly appropriate. "If she is going to be the next U.S. Senator from New York, people are going to be looking to her for leadership on a whole array of issues," says Dennis Rivera, head of the hospital-workers union and one of her most influential backers. And where she leads, should they expect her husband to follow? Why not? It was the Clintons themselves who once boasted, "Buy one, get one free...
Davis' petition effort was supported by sevenhouse committees, which helped table for thereferendum in dining halls. Davis herself tabledin North House and the Freshman Union...