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...mosque can continue to marry only a man and a woman without breaking the law, religious objections should hold little weight. Ultimately, this ruling publicly places same-sex couples on equal ground as heterosexual spouses, an action that actively combats homophobia and protects civil rights. Using the same word??“marriage”—to describe both types of union de-emphasizes differences between gay and straight individuals, and may lead to decreased discrimination in the future. Such public action is necessary in light of hate crimes and derogatory displays, and will hopefully lead...
...event “Afro-Asian Encounters” in Harvard Hall last night, visiting history professor Eric Tang disputed the notion that Asian Americans had “stolen” hip-hop music from African Americans. “Theft is too strong a word??lovingly hijacked,” Tang said. As part of the ongoing 2008 Educational/Political Colloquium Series, “Afro-Asian Encounters”—co-hosted by the Asian American Association (AAA) and the Black Students Association (BSA)—explored the relationship between African and Asian...
...writing of “Sarah Marshall” with Nick Stoller ’98, who also directed the film. “Me and Nick have developed a sort of a Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards type thing… partners in every sense of the word??except sexually,” he said. “We’ve known each other for almost ten years. He wrote my ‘Undeclared’ episodes and we’re just really like-minded, especially when it came to this script...
...which was frozen in horror. Without another word, Frederick released her arms and tore himself from her body. He stood unsteadily, and, with his back towards her, pulled up his trousers, which were drooping at his ankles. He fastened his belt in silence and left the room without a word??stepping over her naked body on his way out the door. For an instant, Felicity lay there numbly. Then, with a curse, she picked herself off the floor and pulled her crumpled peignoir around her aching, unfulfilled flesh. He had done it on purpose, Felicity realized, furious...
...True, none of them were—what’s the word??angels from heaven or anything like that, but I should have seen some of their later behaviors earlier...