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March 4, 1982/The Maroon Tiger/Page 5
Letters To The Editor
Warrants Second Response
My brothers of Morehouse:
My last letter, “Reaching Out,” evoked many comments from its readers. My letter to
our “family” was commended by some but condemned by others. Many of you felt that
my letter was “unwise” and “untimely.”
I make no apology for having written my letter. Homosexuality is a problem here. It is
wrong and I am speaking against it. Particularly for those readers who do not see the
pervasive homosexuality on our campus, I wish to elaborate on the problem — to
explain why I, as a Christian minister, feel that homosexuality is wrong.
As the scriptures show, homosexuality is an abomination to God. Not only does it
deviate from the laws of nature but it also deviates from God’s purpose for mankind.
The scriptures, both old and new testaments, directly state that God is not pleased with
homosexuality.
Evidence can be found in Leviticus 18:22 and I Corinthians 6:9. All of them express
this idea and Romans 1:22-27 state, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man ... and likewise the men, leavingthe natural useof the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.”
God’s punishment for these offenders clearly identified his displeasure. Remember
Sodom and Gomorrah and the flames that consumed their wickedness. (Genesis 19). At
Morehouse, we have always trusted in God to meet our needs and he has never failed
us. We cannot fail Him now. We knowGodls standards for us. We shouldlook closely at
our mannerisms and lifestyles, and measure ourselves by the standards God has set.
“It takes more of a man to admit he has a problem and seek to change it, then he that
has one and ignores. Many of us are concerned and willing to help. Contact me or your
concerned brothers.
Love in Christ,
Your friend and brother
Horace Griffith
He’s been working on a two-hundred and five year operation,
and time is running, running out!
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Gold Standard?
by John Noble
The gold standard is the miracle cure
for unstable prices. Sounds too good to be
true? It is! Lately, promoters of a return to
the gold standard, led by Ronald Reagan
and associates (the economic equivalent
to the Keystone Cops), have been gaining
support.
This support is a result of well practiced
propaganda and the spread of inaccurate
facts. In recessionary times, the American
people love the idea that all our economic
woes can be cured by one simple solu
tion.
Advocates state, incorrectly, that the
gold standard has historically insured
stable prices by the mere fact that the
government would be unable to print
money, causing inflation. They couldn’t
be further from the truth.
According to Economist Edward Berns
tein n a recent Business Week article by
Amitai Etzoni, “Wholesale prices in the
U.S. fell 60% from 1815 to 1843, rose 15%
from 1843 to 1864, and dropped 44% from
1873 to 1896. From 1896 to 1913, they
dropped 33%.” Over this entire period
the U.S. was on the good standard!
Proponents of the gold standard also
neglect to state that the gold standard
would strangle economic growth. The
production of gold tends to grow at a
slower rate than overall economic
growth. Governments intentionally halt
production to raise prices. As a result, the
money supply decreases, directly in
terfering with economic growth. This
causes massive unemployment.
(Historically,this has happened 12 times in
the U.S.).
One lastfact — whenacountry is on the
gold standard, its money supply is tied to
the amount of gold it has. Since the Soviet
Union is one of the main producers of
gold, they could conceivably control our
money supply by holding back gold or
flooding the market with it, thus in
creasing or increasing our money supply
and ruining our present economy.
It is up to the public to tread softly
through the maze of half - truths spread
by uninformed and miseducated
proponents of the gold standard.
The Best And Worst Of Times
by Timothy A. Dixon
My father constantly reminds me of the "good old days,” times virtually unknown to
me and the rest of today’s generation. From what dad tells me life was a lot simpler.
G*enerally, families were much larger then. There were six children in my father’s
family and ten in my mother’s. I suppose more kids were needed to handle the daily
chores. Back then people had to fetch water from a well or a stream. Most families in the
country raised their own livestock. Boys had the job of wringing the necks ofchickens.
Girls fed the chicks.
Mom had the “delightful” task of cooking over a hot stove for three meals a day.
During wintry months, the boys chopped and stacked wood, which most families used
for heat and cooking. Their sisters milked the cow or goat.
Dad was the general overseer of all the operations, although mom had a big hand in
the supervision. The father was generally the breadwinner, while the rest of the family
saw to the daily operations of running a household. When dad was away, mom was the
boss.
In those days men were men and women were women. And it stayed that way.
People were simple and they knew how to have good, clean fun. Teenagers today may
wonder how their parents reared five or more kids and had fewer delinquents. What an
archaic system, they think. The elders tell me the reason was that children only spoke
when spoken to. Although this may sound a bit harsh, children still had the utmost
respect for their parents.
In simple words, teenagers respected their parents. And, too, there was less mischief
to get into. The main reason for that can be attributed to a higher moral code. It was not
difficult to distinguish between what parents thought was right or wrong. To most
people, right came naturally.
But values have changed. Behavior thought to be deviant then would not be deviant
today. Mainstream ideas have become more diverse. A behavioral problem in the
"good old days” was to get home late, or to be caught smoking in the barn, or to have
stone fights with the neighbor’s children.
Today’s delinquents find pleasure in terrorizing senior citizens and buring down
buildings — or stealing cars. During the early days of the depression in the1930’s, it was
cheaper to buy a house, or, say, an automobile. A few dollars worth of gas would take
you to New York and back. Bread was five cents a loaf.
In an earlier era, people used horses to get from one place to another and only the
very well - to - do could afford the "horseless carriages.” Concern over industrial
pollution and exhaust fumes was practically nonexistent. That is to say, there were no
governmental agencies to monitor the big smoke - belching factories.
On the other hand, life wasn’t always a bed of roses in those days. My father didn’t
dwell on the bad points too much, though. There is a sad footnote to big families.
Because of fewer medical advances, the infant mortality rate was higher. More likely
than note, the mother of many of those large families witnessed the death of one or her
children at or soon after birth.
For sure, there was pollution. The odor from the droppings left by horses was enough
to clearthe head. Nor were there sewer systems likethose today. You couldn't justflush
and forget it. Outhouses were the toilets then. At night, pails were convenient
substitutes. The smelly job of emptying them fell to the children.
with all the unpleasantries of the good old days, my father still has fond memories
about his growing up years. Why not? — when he could spend entire days fishing for
trout and other times hunting deer. But were they really the good old days? Maybe
there were.
At the very least I would like to think that my generation has progressed. The
perfunctories of life have become simpler. Out went the washbuckets and in came the
washing machines. Push lawnmowers were swept away by power mowers.
Ah, the good old days. Perhaps Charles Dickens described them best in his “Tale of
Two Cities”: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...”
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