Last night I posted about Georgetown's acceptance of a $20 million gift from a controversial Saudi prince for the Catholic university's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Today's Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal points out that Georgetown's law school is one of 24 law schools who've agreed to be publicly acknowledged as a plaintiff in the case FAIR vs. Rumsfeld. This case, which was argued before the US Supreme Court earlier this month, is about the plaintiff's disagreement over the Solomon Amendment, which has progressively cut off funding to universities that ban military recruiters from their campuses.
The point of contention in all this is the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays in the military.
Opinion Journal juxtaposes the Georgetown stance with that of Saudi Arabia in regards to gay rights. Although the death penalty hangs over the head of any practicing Saudi gay, homosexuality in the kingdom is surprisingly open--in a "Don't ask, don't tell" sort of way, according the Opinion Journal.
But the point is obvious. For Georgetown, Saudi "Don't ask, don't tell" must be okay--just not for our military recruiters.
Oh, I almost forgot, one of the other plaintiff law schools is DePaul. The Chicago Catholic school, who I've blogged quite a bit about, in fact as recently as this morning, has firmed up its leftist credentials by taking part in FAIR vs. Rumsfeld.
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