The recent announcement that the New York school system intends to open the Harvey Milk School–a separate high school for gay teens–raised some troubling issues.
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Respect and the Supreme Court
By the time this column is printed, the stunning Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas will be over six weeks old, and the implications will just be sinking in.
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Top Ten Reasons
As I write this, the Bush Administration seems bent upon an invasion of Iraq that strikes many of us as an unnecessary and very dangerous break with prior American foreign policy. As an inveterate list-maker, I offer the following top ten reasons the United States should not invade Iraq:
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Single Issue
As Congress reconvenes after the Christmas/New Year holiday, we are told that anti-abortion legislation will be a high priority. Now that Republicans are firmly in charge of both houses of Congress, they intend to enact laws further restricting a woman?s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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Tolerating Muncie
The Religion and Values department at Gallup recently initiated a "Gallup Religious Tolerance Index," which will now be part of Gallup’s regular polling. Five questions will categorize respondents by three levels of religious tolerance: Isolated, Tolerant, and Integrated. "Isolated" individuals–the least tolerant–have religious attitudes Gallup describes as "my tribe or no tribe," characterized by certainty that theirs is the One Right Way.
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