The Universities lost this round. Today the Supreme Court ruled that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus no matter what they think of the military ban on gays.
I actually agree with this decision. I am against the federal government giving money to anyone, especially a college like harvard that has an endowment of several billion dollars from its alumni. If the federal government is going to give anyone free money, it has the right to attach whatever strings it wants, much like an advertiser can have a "morals" clause in a contract it signs with Kobe Bryant.
The best thing Harvard should do is say "fine, we don't want your money," but that reaction would surprise me. Usually when someone or some group has the choice of losing money, or taking it up the ass on principles, they will gladly and quickly bend over.
That being said, the military ban on gay people is really dumb. It has cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in finding replacements for skilled workers who they banned after finding out they were gay. It is also blatantly discriminatory. Lastly, with all of our problems with recruiting people to serve, why close the doors on any specific group?
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i will agree - that uncle sam can put whatever strings attached, if they're providing the money
I agree that the Fedral Gov't can have strings attached, especially with the Military. You see what happened in San Francisco when they banned the Military; lots of problems. Harvard doesn't deserve it anyway, but if they complain, let them have it with restrictions.
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