The article  Suppressing minorities with religion,  which appeared in Friday\u27s Maine Campus, is based on stereotypes and ignorance

Kimball, Isaac J.

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The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Special Collections 12-8-1997 Christian truth Isaac J. Kimball University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice  Part of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons, and the Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons Repository Citation Kimball, Isaac J., "Christian truth" (1997). Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. 685. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/social_justice/685 This Letter to the Editor is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact um.library.technical.services@maine.edu. • Christian truth To the Editor: The article "Suppressing mi-norities with religion," which ap-peared in Friday's Maine Cam-pus, is based on stereotypes and ignorance. It slanders two student groups, either directly or by im-plication, about which the author clearly knows little. The writer is probably not an especially evil person, but she has committed a serious error by bearing false wit-ness against her neighbor. Ms. Hillary Montgomery's article was about how Campus Crusade for Christ and Inter-Var-sity Christian Fellowship sup-press minorities. Now, I realize that it was likely not her fault the word "minorities" got into the headline, bat it is there, in print, and so whoever put it there is an accomplice in Montgomery's misrepresentation. I've been to nearly every Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in the last five semes-ters, and about half of the Inter-Varsity meetings, and never have I heard anybody suggest "stamping out" homosexuals or abortionists or anybody for that matter. This talk of Christians "stamping out" homosexuals is inflammatory, slanderous and unfounded. Montgomery "has" to won-der if these groups stifle the cre-ativity and "boundless strength" of women. Let her wonder! But if she wants to find out if they do, or if she wants to know what these groups are actually like, let her come to a meeting or two. I'm not trying to get her (or any sympathizers) to become a Christian. I'm trying to defend the truth, and my friends in the bargain, against unjustified mis-representation and character as-sassination. Ms. Montgomery's accusations against Crusade and Inter-Varsity are false. Women play important leadership roles in both groups, are encouraged to use and develop their strengths, and are affirmed in their values as people and as women. Actually, and this is sort of embarrassing for us guys, they are often more active than men. Isaac J. Kimball Knox Hall 

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