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Final Clubs and other same-sex organizations at Harvard have long been shrouded in varying degrees of secrecy. As prospective students, we were not even told about their existence. As first-years, we then watched the antics and regalia of punch week and initiation with interest and curiosity. And as upperclassmen, we learned more—some joining the organizations, others merely attending the parties. Nonetheless, despite the integral part these organizations play in campus social life, the dialogue between University Hall and these clubs has always been muted...
However, two weeks ago Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II and Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd held a meeting with leaders of many of the same-sex organizations at the College to discuss the possibility of working together with these groups in the future. This dialogue represents a welcome thawing of relations between Harvard’s administration and its top social clubs. It has been far too long in coming...
...recent Institute of Politics forum, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom was defending his actions in illegally granting marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples when he bemoaned President George W. Bush’s usage of the marriage issue as a political “wedge.” He had very little to say about the deeper philosophical or moral case against same-sex marriage, but rather bemoaned that it was an issue at all. This is the cheapest sort of intellectual cop-out, and just another symbol of the increasing poverty of our public discourse. In reality...
...jokes about Britney Spears, side comments on Bill O’Reilly and other “white-teethed” critics. Newsom readily admitted that part of the reason he came to speak in Massachusetts was because he felt comfortable in a state which has legally sanctioned same-sex marriage...
...response to a question from an audience member about why the institution of marriage should not be extended to polygamous and/or incestual relationships under the mayor’s defense of same-sex marriage, he said that he had never been able to answer that question well...