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Beyond marriage

LAST WEEK my column was about gay marriage. The column got a lot of response, both in letters to the editor and to me personally.


Opinion

The view from the pulpit

RELIGIOUS and political conservatives should chant "not gay" at football games in "support for our natural heterosexuality given to us by God." This claim was made in a recent guest Opinion column in The Cavalier Daily by a "Catholic" who believes in natural law.


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Fighting faith

STANDING before Iran's parliament earlier this year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked his countrymen one question: "Who are our enemies?" His answer: godless America.


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And everywhere like such as...

CRUISING through the COD on a recent Saturday night I got a little disoriented. There's so much there, and so little to guide us, it's as if down is up and north is south. That may not be far from the truth.


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Bigger fish to fry

AMERICA is bored with the culture wars. After years of heated division over high-minded issues such as the placement of 10 Commandments statues and the preservation of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, it appears as though the politics of division no longer arouse Americans' political passions.


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Putting students at risk

THERE ARE many times at this University where I've felt slightly uncomfortable. These are generally times when I'm walking -- or running -- around alone at night in sparsely populated areas.


Opinion

The Santorum storm

MONDAY, former Sen. Rick Santorum addressed a group of students about the threat radical Islamic terrorism poses to the United States, about how the problem arose and about how the world is failing to combat it.


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Islamc mischaracterization

While I have strong objections to the political ideology that former Sen. Rick Santorum propagated in his lecture on Monday, my primary problem with his presentation was with his use of the term Islamic fascism.


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Successful silencing

I was interested to read Josh Levy's opinion column "How best to silence homophobes" (Nov 12). During my time at the University, the chant was quite pervasive and was sometimes clearly audible even on televised broadcasts of games.


Opinion

A flag in every class

I feel that this initiative is long overdue. The ability for us to explore such a wide array of (sometimes controversial) subjects and even our ability to go to class are due in large part to sacrifices that others made.


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Not gay and proud of it

The "not gay" chant has been completely written off on Grounds. Some call it a drunken joke while others refer to its adherents as homophobes.


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Latest Podcast

The Organization of Young Filipino Americans is one of many cultural Contracted Independent Organizations at the University, and their mission is to create a supportive community for Filipino students. Danella Romera, the current president of OYFA and fourth-year College student, discusses the importance of OYFA as a cultural organization and how OYFA plans for this year’s Culturefest, an annual multicultural showcase. 

Listen to the episode here.