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...marriage is currently defined, homosexuals do technically possess the right to marry, as they are fully permitted to wed a member of the opposite sex. Obviously, this definition is flawed: It defines a relationship in terms of reproduction—sterile couples being the lone contradiction??rather than love, and it ought to be revised. Nonetheless, it is important to acknowledge that permitting same-sex marriage is indeed a redefinition of marriage...
...conservatives at Harvard and across the nation see no contradiction??they believe that sexual orientation should not define political philosophy. “I always thought it was sort of odd that gay and lesbian people are perceived as being quite liberal,” says Joshua A. Barro ’05, a gay Republican who now works for a New York City bank. “I don’t think there’s any reason being gay should lead you to support bigger government and high taxes. These are issues that have nothing...
...past few days, many mindless commentators have used the word “contradiction?? to describe Pope John Paul II. Unless by contradiction they mean “in conflict with prevailing societal and political values,” those who would call John Paul II contradictory fail to understand the value of his life, words, and deeds. This Pope, far from contradictory, should be remembered as one of the great leaders of our times for his consistent and humble search for Truth in this world...
...don’t see strategic voting as an ethical issue because people have ties to both places—that’s always been one of the complexities of student voting,” Keyssar said. “Strategic voting is really a contradiction??it is a phenomenon created by the Electoral College. It is a logical response to the system as it is now structured. The electoral college has done that. Students haven’t done that...
...three of their own members in an accidental explosion, the members of the Weather Underground had inverted the very principles of pacifism that had motivated so many to oppose the Vietnam War in the first place. Green’s film is a 90-minute attempt to understand that contradiction??but ultimately, he says, the questions surrounding the Weather Underground cannot be answered for those who lived through the events...