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...visceral discomfort looks like, watch a Harvard ROTC student shuffle across campus in his military uniform. Banished by the Faculty in 1969 amid a rising tide of anti-war sentiment on Harvard’s campus, ROTC has more recently been relegated to its pariah status because of the military??s mindless discrimination against homosexuals. Forget the active duty that follows graduation—for our peers in uniform, the years of glory-free self-sacrifice start in Harvard Yard...
...begin their service in the shadow of the Pentagon’s repugnant discrimination. (These values are, incidentally, not just President Faust’s—there is no shortage of Harvard ROTC students who oppose DADT, but who are forced to keep their silence because of the military??s restrictions on their free speech...
...Other Americans seem perfectly capable of respecting the military??if, perhaps, from a distance—while remaining deeply ashamed of its intolerance of homosexuals. It is incumbent on the military??s youngest officers to feel the same way, even—indeed, especially—at an event with as much military and personal significance as the commissioning ceremony...
...that’s a badge of degradation or second-class citizenship.”Harvard and ROTC have had a frosty relationship since 1969 when ROTC was banned from campus after student demonstrations against the Vietnam War. ROTC continues to be a lightning rod for criticism because the military??s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy conflicts with the University’s commitment not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.But many individuals said they did not believe the ROTC commissioning ceremony...
...ROTC was expelled from the Harvard campus in 1969 and the University continues to oppose its presence on campus because of the military??s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which prevents gay and lesbian individuals from serving openly...