Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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To the Editor:

Re “Right Divided, Disciplined Left Steered Justices” (front page, July 1):

I was surprised that the analysis of the four liberal justices’ discipline to move the court to the left did not mention or credit the fact that three of those four justices are women—and that there is not a single woman in the conservative wing of the court.

I find that when an organization has a strong female contingent, it is able to work strategically through many rounds of decisions to achieve specific ends. Conversely, it is not uncommon that when an organization is all male, there is team breakdown, distrust and uncoordinated behavior. Let the court’s recent liberalism be a lesson for society in gender diversity and female empowerment.

ARI GERSTMAN

Washington

Note from KBJ: The six males on the court were split, with two voting to allow homosexuals to "marry" and four voting not to allow it. The three females on the court were in lockstep. By the way, I thought men and women were interchangeable, psychologically. The letter writer says they're different.

John Sullivan sent a link to this interesting blog post. I vividly remember saying, when I was a progressive, that conservatives need to be crushed (like cockroaches), not reasoned with.

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To the Editor:

Kudos to Nicholas Kristof for dismantling widespread perceptions of conservative and evangelical Christians as bigots and haters (column, June 28).

While I understand that many Christians have been prejudiced (something of which I am ashamed), many have not.

I have worked hard to understand my L.G.B.T. co-workers, neighbors and fellow citizens, and to come to know their stories, their struggles and their hearts.

As a Christian who strives to love my neighbor while still holding to the truth of Scripture and the history of my faith community, I hope that the L.G.B.T. community and wider American culture would do the same and work to understand me. Because as Mr. Kristof so eloquently states, “Diversity is a virtue, in faith as well as race.”

MITCHELL GOINS

Chicago

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