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...will have some help. For example, the Roman Catholic Church has taken a stance against anti-gay discrimination. In a new universal catechism issued this week, the church admits that homosexuals "do not choose their homosexual condition," and declares, "All manner of unjust discrimination should be avoided with respect to them...
...words like "condition" and "unjust" may make some nervous, but the injunction against discrimination is better than nothing. What more can we expect from an institution that condemns homosexual acts as "intrinsically disorderly. They go against natural law"? (That's from the new catechism also...
...staff admits, race-based affirmative action without class-based affirmative action is potentially unjust. But once you have the latter, the former is irrelevant. Concentrating on diversity (the composition of the group) rather than equity (a level playing field for the individual) turns such programs into patronzing tokenism--an attitude we once had the courage to call racism...
...bombing the rebels, declaring that any Iraqi fighter crossing south of the 32nd parallel would be shot down. As of week's end allied pilots reported no Iraqi aircraft in the "no-fly zone." Saddam's only comment: "We will choose the appropriate method and timing to confront this unjust, hostile decision...
...Taking care of your own kind first" is one of the great dilemmas of modern politics. While a national leader has a mandate to protect the interests of his constituents, he and his country risk appearing selfish if they refuse to intervene when foreign powers commit atrocities or start unjust wars...