Physician, heal thyself

John Nelson, the president of the American Medical Association, in defending New York Medical College's decision not to recognize an LGBT group, said that the school, a private institution, had a right to set and enforce its own policies. Nelson went on to say that the decision was no different from Brigham Young Univesity's banning Coca-Cola from its campus, or suspending four athletes accused of raping a 17-year-old girl.

So, according to Dr. Nelson, a school has a right to ban students based on who they are, just as it could ban a soft drink (which, in fact, I don't think it does) containing caffiene, or...students who have perhaps commited sex crimes. It always comes down to that, doesn't it? Gay marriage causes bestiality, gay students are the same as rapists, etc.

Nelson has since apologized for the remark, though he still doesn't understand why LGBT students should be permitted to break the schools' rules. They were forced to let blacks and women into important institutions, but the John Nelsons of the world--bigots loud and clear--can still do their best to keep gays out.