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...beauty of an independent judiciary is that the courts have no obligation to uphold a policy simply because it was framed by political realities. Judge Hatter has demonstrated that he will not sacrifice the constitutional guarantee of equal protection to the political needs of a president who lacks the courage and the conviction to challenge bigotry and prejudice forcefully...
Clinton didn't want the "compromise," and he shouldn't have to spend tax dollars persuading the courts to uphold it. Don't ask, don't tell is Sam Nunn's policy--let him defend...
...even if the courts ultimately were to uphold the original ban, gays and lesbians would be in no worse shape than if Clinton wins a reversal of Hatter's ruling. First of all, the compromise is hardly better than the original ban anyway: While homosexual recruits previously had to lie about their sexual orientation, now they're simply not allowed to tell the truth...
...Those who uphold traditional moral values consider themselves under siege at Harvard," Crouse narrates...
...liberal arts education needs to uphold minimum standards of civility but also deliberately keeps those standards at a minimum. It demands that a person respect another person's right to express his opinion but demands no respect for the opinion itself...