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Against my visceral repulsion, I respect the right of gay and lesbian people to engage in any perversities they choose in the privacy of their own bedrooms. This fundamental right to privacy is the price we gladly pay for the liberty which is the source of many of this country's great achievements...
However, as an issue of fairness, it is infuriating to see a minority command as much of our emotional energy and air-time as the gay and lesbian groups have in the controversy over Gen. Colin L. Powell's invitation to speak, a share of our attention which they are planning to increase as commencement nears...
...hard as it may be to imagine in the idealistic ardor that prefers to educate rather than be educated, this commencement might be an opportunity for gay and lesbian activists to listen, rather than to proselytize, for a change. Tom Lembong...
Kelly seems to be engaging in some sort of moral or ethical calculus here: he argues that Powell's achievements as the first Black person to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outweigh the General's belief that bisexual, gay and lesbian people should be kept out of the military. I am not prepared to weigh the concerns of one oppressed group against the concerns of another...
...Corporation and the Board of Overseers to select Powell, given his public denial of the equality of bisexual, gay and lesbian people, tells the world that it is still acceptable to deny our rights...