Equal Protection Resolution

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So in my student senate, they passed a resolution requesting the administration to add specific language to indicate that The University of Tulsa does not discriminate against gays or lesbians. How does this affect me? I'm really not sure, but one of the senators spearheading the resolution asked me to write a letter in support. Might as well back up a resolution with actual student input, right? That being said, the best I could come up with was a short and general letter:

Dear President Upham,

Recently, the Student Senate passed a resolution to specifically include sexual discrimination under TU’s nondiscrimination policy. I would like to include my support for this resolution as a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Baptist Collegiate Ministries. While it may be politically safer for the university to avoid such an issue, I believe in the long run the university will benefit by continuing to attract high caliber students. TU will be able to advance its goal of diversity while encouraging an atmosphere of equality. I hope that the administration will carefully consider these words along with those of my peers.

Comments

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Wow, I wish I had thought about that before I sent it off to the person who's collecting the letters.

Strangely enough, these are the same type of suggestions that my English teachers gave me when I was in high school. ;p

[stealthcomic.livejournal.com]

Heh. We have a little mailing list and pass notes to make sure we're all on the same page.

Just kidding. ;)

You're a good writer, dear. Your letter was good. I just have a different set of rhetorical strategies that I use--my first is to always check and see if there's something in my "opponent's" writing that I can use to strengthen my own argument.