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Over the past quarter century, the flash point for this tension has been an obscure federal law known as the Solomon Amendment, the brainchild of a conservative New York congressman who was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. And it’s no surprise why: the central purpose...
When originally drafted, the amendment denied federal funding to students who did not register for the draft. Even in the subsequent changes to the law, the Solomon Amendment has retained its essential character: telling universities that they must choose between allowing a greater presence for the military on their campuses...
In 1983, the first full year the Solomon Amendment was operational, both the draft registration—which had been ordered by President Carter because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan—and the presence of ROTC on campus were major issues, though they mainly affected a core of...
Just hours after the California Supreme Court ruled last week that marriage is a fundamental right enshrined in the state constitution - one fully available to gay couples - opponents gave warning that they were not about to let the divided high court have the last word. Brandishing more than 1 million...
The sweeping decision, which made California only the second state in the U.S. - and sixth jurisdiction in the world - to recognize gay marriage, gave gay Californians the same protections that have traditionally been used to block discrimination based on gender, race or religion. And in that way, it goes far...