My favorite set of responses on the "Gay marriage would devalue the institution of marriage" all point out that between Joe Millionaire, The Bachelor and all the other, similar absurd shows we've seen in the last year or two, the institution of marriage has little to fear in comparison from gays who actually want it. :) Yeah, the argument that gay marriage will lead to more promiscuity baffles me too.
As far as the school goes, my immediate gut reaction was that it was a bad idea for a number of reasons, including that students would automatically be outed just by attending. I don't know how they're setting this up - is this something where the students get to elect to go? Or will faculty at other schools try to dump any student they think is gay (and therefore, of course, trouble) over there? Still, a possible precedent would be a number of single sex schools. They're rarer now, but i'm given to understand that a lot of women only colleges, for instance, turned out a lot of strong, intelligent women who credited them for that. You can probably name me some - were the "seven sisters" in MA for women only? I can't recall. They are less common now - maybe the need is less now. I don't really know that that's a valid parallel, but it's the closest I can think of. My gut reaction is still that it's a bad idea, though. *shrug*
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Re: ARgh!
Date: 2003-08-01 09:45 am (UTC)As far as the school goes, my immediate gut reaction was that it was a bad idea for a number of reasons, including that students would automatically be outed just by attending. I don't know how they're setting this up - is this something where the students get to elect to go? Or will faculty at other schools try to dump any student they think is gay (and therefore, of course, trouble) over there? Still, a possible precedent would be a number of single sex schools. They're rarer now, but i'm given to understand that a lot of women only colleges, for instance, turned out a lot of strong, intelligent women who credited them for that. You can probably name me some - were the "seven sisters" in MA for women only? I can't recall. They are less common now - maybe the need is less now. I don't really know that that's a valid parallel, but it's the closest I can think of. My gut reaction is still that it's a bad idea, though. *shrug*