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EDITOR
Erin Gibson
OPINION
EDITOR
Cliff Hicks
EDITORIAL
BOARD
Nancy Christensen
Brad Davis
Sam McKewon
Jeff Randall
Bret Schulte
Quotes
OF THE WEEK
“I believe the right wing is breathing
its last dying breaths. They are using our
community to raise money. We intend to
hold them accountable.”
Kerry Lobel, executive director of the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in
promoting the Equality Begins at Home
week
“I have not asked for a license. Pm
not asking for a permit. I simply asked a
question.”
Mike Webb, co-owner of Barry’s Bar
and Grill, on his request of a declaratory
ruling on the term “bottle club ”
“Pve heard him say that about a lot of
legislation.”
Nickerson Sen. Ray Janssen, in
response to Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers
called LB476 the worst piece of legislation
he had seen in his 29 years at the
Legislature
“We have all the potential in the
world, it just depends on how we bring it
together when the season comes around.
If we can do that, we will be a great
receiving corps.”
John Gibson, NU receiver, on what it
will take to achieve greatness
“He was able to capture them as intel
ligent people with souls, passion for their
art and with social consciences.”
David Lewis, on playwright Max
Sparber s ability to define characters in his
work “Minstrel Show: The Lynching of
William Brown ”
“Surprise me, surprise the university,
and let’s surprise ourselves with what we
can do.”
Rachelle Winkle; ASUN first vice presi
dent, on the initiation of the new ASUN sen
ate
“What’s the district attorney saying?
That they had nothing to do that night
but roll up on an individual and attempt
to kill him because he’s black?”
Marvyn Kornberg, attorney for one of
the four lawyers charged with murder in
New York
“Like you wouldn’t believe. I’ve had
dreams about walking down that tunnel
on opening day.”
Carlos Polk, senior middle linebacker,
on how excited he is to start for the Huskers
“I think, by the end of the evening, the
overall atmosphere will be stronger than
in years past. This year, there’s an actual
progression from one play to the next.”
Daryn Warner, director of “Lonely
Hearts Diner,'’ on the Masquers ’plays this
year
“(The church) has some serious
structural issues to deal with. It looks
like the structural walls are deteriorated
to the point where they may possibly
need a full remodeled basement.”
Thomas Kusek, student, on the Christ
Temple Mission and the renovations it may
need
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LETTERS
Party disharmony
Thank you to the Daily
Nebraskan editorial staff to have the
idealism to stand against social
inequity and the wisdom to publish
dissenting views. I speaking specifi
cally about the March 31 staff editor
ial “Start at home” and Mr. Anthony
Ferate’s letter, “Not MY View,” on
April 1.1 cannot find any evidence of
the board supporting “special rights,”
as Mr. Ferate asserts.
As a fellow conservative, I am
sickened by the ideas being upheld in
his letter. I believe the place of the
government is to be strong enough to
uphold a citizen’s rights but weak
enough to not violate them. Nothing
in the staff editorial asks for anything
but basic parity between homosexu
als and heterosexuals. The editorial
board is not asking to increase the
size of government, and they are cer
tainly affirming the power of the indi
vidual, an ideal with which any con
servative should agree.
The idea that the “Start at home”
editorial affirms special rights is ludi
crous; rights are not zero-sum, Mr.
Ferate. No rights or privileges to your
world are going to be taken from you
by granting civil rights to others. A
special right is something that goes
above and beyond what the majority
has. A civil right is guarantee of basic
human rights for all citizens. People
should not be fired from their jobs or
denied benefits because of who they
choose to spend their lives with, any
more than they should be based on
the color of their skin, their religious
choices, their genders, or their ages.
Consider carefully, Mr. Ferate,
what your underlying values are. Do
you value giving the government the
power of holding an entire group of
people down, or would you instead
believe that all people are endowed
with certain inalienable rights, and
that we should protect those so the
individual may work hard and pros
per?
Nolan Gaskill
senior
music education
Family feuds
Speaking of asinine assertions...
A column (“Failing Families,”
Jessica Flanagain, 4/1) about rededi
cation to our. children and insuring
their future would be wonderful. A
column about how people are under
taking marriage and reproduction
extremely irresponsibly would be
welcome. A column expressing your
moral objections to homosexuality
would be unfortunate, but it is cer
tainly your right te hold and express
such opinions. But the column pub
lished in Thursday’s paper was inex
cusable.
You assert that there is a connec
tion between homosexuality, juvenile
delinquency and single-parent fami
lies. First of all, where do your statis
tics come from? I am not arguing that
there is no connection between sin
gle-parent families and juvenile
delinquency, but did these statistics
adjust for poverty level and location?
These circumstances have as much or
more to do with delinquency as the
number of parents.
I also grant that the sanctity and
seriousness of marriage has been
diminishing for some time, resulting
in an increase in single-parent house
holds. However, I fail to see what this
has to do with homosexuals. They are
unable, legally, to get married, Tltose
who enter into a heterosexual mar
riage often do a great deal of damage
to all involved. Certainly, many
homosexuals have and raise children
as a single parent, but
this is certainly a very
small percentage of
all the single parents
in the nation. Are
there any statistics
on the incidence
of juvenile delin
quency in such
families?
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dren!
Jessica, there is too little love in g
the world. I am happy that Stuart
loves his mom. I am not happy that
you use him as an example to assert
that homosexual parents raise juve
nile delinquents. I respect your right
to believe that homosexuality is
wrong. But I do not respect your
illogical and ill-conceived opinion on
this subject. If you’re going to attack
somebody, at least blame him or her
for something he or she could be
responsible for. And if you’re going
to dislike a group of people, at least
be honest about your reasons.
Gregory Peters
junior
theater
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