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...think the perception—and very often, the reality—is that there’s nothing queer students can do about same-sex harassment, either because it isn’t taken seriously or simply because there’s no safe space if you’re being harassed by a roommate or teammate with whom you have to share space,” he said...
...repositioned himself. While he originally supported the Iraq war and promotes such traditional Tory issues as tax cuts and a tougher stance on crime, he is also pushing such centrist initiatives as tax credits for people who buy mass-transit passes. Harper has vowed to revisit the issue of same-sex marriage, which is now legal in Canada, by putting it to a vote in Parliament, but he has promised not to touch abortion rights. And he has worked hard to recast his cold and humorless image, though he admitted during a televised debate last week that "my strengths...
...nation there's a restless and angry mood that bodes ill for the governing Liberal Party. With two weeks remaining before the vote, Prime Minister Paul Martin was running second in opinion surveys behind Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, whose right-of-center platform of taxation, gun control and same-sex marriage (he doesn't like any of them) until recently seemed to place him well outside the Canadian mainstream. Why the turnabout? Because Canada is having a nationwide attack of virtue. Corruption scandals have steadily eroded the government's grip on power - in direct proportion to its impressive longevity...
...Frank said about gay marriage. He said that gay and lesbian individuals, “have managed to validate something long proven—that women want to get married much more than men do”—referring to the fact that the vast majority of same-sex marriages are between women. “Left to themselves, heterosexuals could never prove this,” he said as the crowd erupted in laughter.Frank also wondered whether moderate Republicans would ever break from their party, adding that they always stuck to the party line on important votes...
...it’s nice to know that we now have the resources to work towards a solution.”Rosen added that the task force is examining the possibility of instituting a more formal grievance procedure for students who are grappling with issues like hate crimes and same-sex sexual harassment.The committee is currently comprised of six students, though Paik said that the group is soliciting input from faculty as well. The members include first-year students Alexis I. Caloza ’04, Brian A. Schroeder, and Rosen; second-year student Elizabeth I. Tossell; and third-year...