Pace appointment to university chair riles gays (xpost from Veterans)

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Pace appointment to university chair riles gays
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 2, 2008 6:21:28 EDT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace will meet Thursday with student leaders, including gay advocates, concerned about his appointment to a chair at IU’s business school.

Pace, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs from 2005 to 2007, publicly likened homosexuality to adultery in March 2007, calling it immoral. He later said he should have not expressed his personal views.

The Herald-Times reported Wednesday that advocates for IU’s gay community were disappointed by Pace’s appointment to the Poling Chair, a two-year post at the Kelley School of Business during which he will meet with students to discuss leadership.

Among those Pace will meet informally with Thursday are Doug Bauder, coordinator of IU’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services office, and Byron Craig, an IU masters student and member of the GLBT Alumni Association who said he sees the meeting as an opportunity.

“It should create more productive dialogue,” Craig said. “I really want to understand, how do you think voicing and having so blatantly stated your feelings about a certain part of the population — do you think it affects your ability to be an effective leader?”


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