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kentucky kernel est. 1892 | independent since 1971 | www.kykernel.com thursday 11.15.12 54 32 partly cloudy tomorrow’s weather index First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. Newsroom: 257-1915 Advertising: 257-2872 Classifieds.............5 Opinions.............5 Sports..................6 Sudoku................2 online Service dog in training, Rory, sits below Lyons as she studies Tuesday. Service dogs still learning Wildcat Service Dogs is continuing its assistance dog training program across UK, and both animals and trainers are learning about themselves and one another along the way. The dogs are learning how to open and close doors and refrigerators, press handi- cap-access and crosswalk but- tons, and of course, how to behave in public places that most pets are not allowed to access. “I go out of my way to bring (Rory) around kids just to make sure that’s something she’s still interested in,” said Jennifer Lyons, one of this year’s trainers. Lyons explained that the dogs need to be exposed to every social situation possi- ble—from a school or work environment to a crowded street or store setting — all the while maintaining ideal service dog behavior, no mat- ter who or what goes by. “They’re protected by Kentucky state law, so they can go basically anywhere the general public goes,” said Wildcat Service Dogs founder and president Katie Skarvan, an animal science junior. The dogs must master ba- sic commands and prove they are able to follow their owner, down-stay in any situation despite unfamiliar sights and scents, and react calmly and unthreateningly to new stim- uli. “Basically a dog can’t be a dog; he has to be invisible,” said family sciences sopho- more Joseph DeCruz. In a recent turn of events, DeCruz’s dog, Miller, has been evicted from the Wildcat Service Dogs program, bring- ing the number of dogs cur- rently being trained on cam- pus down to two. “His temperament just wasn’t going to turn out to be suitable for service dogs,” Skarvan said of Miller. Miller would growl under his breath if something out of the norm happened, such as a student arriving late to class, DeCruz said. The sound wasn’t meant aggressively, and the future owner would likely know that Miller’s growling was only a protective measure. However, bystanders near Miller’s potential owner might not automatically in- terpret the growling as harm- less, which could pose a sig- nificant problem. “It’s not like he’s re- gressed or anything,” DeCruz said. “Miller is a very smart dog; it’s part of why his train- ing went so well. He has pro- gressed a lot, though.” DeCruz is still training Miller for basic obedience and household tricks as a pet. “In this program, if the dog fails, you’re offered the first choice of keeping him,” DeCruz said. The failure of a service dog within its program is not uncommon, according to Skarvan, who has been in- volved with service dogs since the seventh grade. “There’s a really specific temperament you have to have for a dog to be able to go into public with you be- cause not all dogs can go in the public,” Skarvan said. Despite Miller’s eviction from the program, DeCruz is still learning more about him- self and his dog, as is Lyons. “I’m growing in pa- tience,” Lyons said of how training Rory has impacted her everyday life. “It’s super important because the dog can sense your frustration, so I have to know when I have to just pause and take a breath.” Despite the fact that countless dogs have gone through similar training tech- niques to become service dogs, the training procedures change just a bit for each service animal. “Every dog is different,” DeCruz said. “You can’t teach every dog the same les- sons, so you have to learn the dog and kind of become part of the dog.” While the trainers take care of the dogs and help them learn, the dogs are also taking care of the owners and helping them learn more about themselves and the world around them. “(Rory) brings me confi- dence, too,” Lyons said. “She helps me keep my head up when things make me sad. It’s been proven that petting a dog for a few minutes lowers stress, and that’s definitely been true for me. “(Rory) inspires me to look at the big picture; to be the best that I can be.” By Colleen Kochensparger [email protected] Two dogs continue helping and inspiring students on campus Duke is a better team than UK right now, but they should be. The Blue Devils have re- turned nine years of Duke-play- ing experi- ence to its starting five. Duke guard Seth Curry, who nearly single-handedly sealed the game with his drives to the bucket late in the game, is a fifth-year senior. Their interior is patrolled by senior forwards Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee, who has started 66 career games for the Blue Devils. How many career games have been started by this year's Cats? That number is 59, if you include starts by transfer guards Ryan Harrow (who wasn't even in Atlanta) and Julius Mays at North Carolina State and Wright State, respectively. Duke is clearly the better team . . . for now. UK head coach John Calipari has truly built this team from scratch. There are indications that progress is being made at a pace quicker than expected. Here are some reasons for optimism: These Cats are coach- able. After giving up a com- bined 49 3-point attempts in two exhibition games, Cali- pari drilled the importance of getting out on the perimeter and contesting shots, even if it allows drives to the basket. The next game the Cats forced Maryland to go an in- effective 3-of-20 from be- hind the arc. The Terrapins destroyed the Cats on the backboard in Brooklyn, capturing 28 re- bounds in a losing effort, prompting Calipari to focus two days worth of practice on the fine art of rebounding. The result was a relative- ly even battle on the boards (Duke 31 UK 30), and only 11 offensive rebounds for the Blue Devils. It was physical down low, but the Cats didn't See Basketball on page 2 UK will shine — in time Rock-the-Dot to be held Thursday The Violence Interven- tion and Prevention Center is presenting its fourth annual Rock-the-Dot Talent and Va- riety Show Thursday night in the Student Center Cats Den at 7 p.m. Rock-the-Dot will in- clude a wide range of per- formances, including but not limited to, Pause-and-Listen and Jeremiah Muwanga. Refreshments will be served. The show is a celebration of the VIP’s Green Dot Strat- egy which aims to shift cul- ture towards a violence-free one. Green Dot is any mo- ment in time when words, actions or even silence are used to stop violence in a safe way. The strategy started at UK and has spread to oth- er campuses and communi- ties across the country. Incorporating Green Dot in the performance is re- quired and is a key element when it comes to judging. It could be a message, wearing green or integrating the idea in the performance. Performers will compete for first, second and third place that will be decided by a panel of three judges com- prised of UK students and staff. The set up will be similar to national TV talent shows, and the judges will give per- formers feedback, interacting with the audience as well. The audience will also be involved in the judging of performances. VIP Center Director Melanie Matson said the event gives people insight into the unity Green Dot cre- ates. “It’s an opportunity for everyone to get a good sense of the community we have at UK,” she said. Shevy Tinney, who is an intern at the VIP Center, will be an announcer at Rock-the- Dot. The ISC senior said it’s her first time attending. “I don’t know what to expect, but I am excited be- cause each act has to incor- porate the Green Dot … it will be really interesting how they can do that,” she said. Tinney said celebrating the Green Dot is as important as its efforts. “People come to the VIP for help with issues that have happened. This event is not just to raise awareness, but mostly to have fun,” she said. By Jennifer Abreu [email protected] PHOTOS BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFF Jennifer Lyons, a sophomore animal science major, gets help opening a door from her service dog, Rory, on Tuesday. Plans for soccer complex released Renderings of the new stadium to be built for UK’s men and women’s soccer teams have been released by UK Athletics. The permanent structure is projected to be completed in time for the 2013 seasons, and will be built on the site of the current UK Soccer Complex. Designed by Kentucky architectural company Luckett & Farley, the stadi- um will form part of the new softball and soccer complex, with work already underway on construction of the new softball stadium. The two stadiums will be linked by a pair of bridges, one allowing media to move between a shared press lounge, the other for the use of fans to make use of the concession stands and bathrooms in each structure. A concourse between the two new buildings will house further fan amenities which can be used during both soccer and softball games. While final plans for ca- pacity have yet to be con- firmed, it is anticipated 3,000-4,500 seats will be built at the complex. By Tom Hurley [email protected] New facility will be ready by 2013 PHOTO COURTESY OF UK ATHLETICS The new soccer complex will coincide with the new softball facility. There will be a bridge connecting the media and fan areas of each. Talent show will help fight violence See SOCCER on page 2 LES JOHNS Kernel columnist Photo slideshow from UK vs. Duke game Tuesday night online Andrew Wiggins to play at Scott Co. High School Sunday
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Service dog in training, Rory, sits below Lyons as she studies Tuesday.
Service dogsstill learning
Wildcat Service Dogs iscontinuing its assistance dogtraining program across UK,and both animals and trainersare learning about themselvesand one another along theway.
The dogs are learninghow to open and close doorsand refrigerators, press handi-cap-access and crosswalk but-tons, and of course, how tobehave in public places thatmost pets are not allowed toaccess.
“I go out of my way tobring (Rory) around kids justto make sure that’s somethingshe’s still interested in,” saidJennifer Lyons, one of thisyear’s trainers.
Lyons explained that thedogs need to be exposed toevery social situation possi-ble—from a school or workenvironment to a crowdedstreet or store setting — allthe while maintaining idealservice dog behavior, no mat-ter who or what goes by.
“They’re protected byKentucky state law, so theycan go basically anywhere thegeneral public goes,” saidWildcat Service Dogsfounder and president KatieSkarvan, an animal sciencejunior.
The dogs must master ba-sic commands and prove theyare able to follow their owner,down-stay in any situationdespite unfamiliar sights andscents, and react calmly andunthreateningly to new stim-uli.
“Basically a dog can’t bea dog; he has to be invisible,”said family sciences sopho-more Joseph DeCruz.
In a recent turn of events,DeCruz’s dog, Miller, hasbeen evicted from the Wildcat
Service Dogs program, bring-ing the number of dogs cur-rently being trained on cam-pus down to two.
“His temperament justwasn’t going to turn out to besuitable for service dogs,”Skarvan said of Miller. Millerwould growl under his breathif something out of the normhappened, such as a studentarriving late to class, DeCruzsaid.
The sound wasn’t meantaggressively, and the futureowner would likely knowthat Miller’s growling wasonly a protective measure.However, bystanders nearMiller’s potential ownermight not automatically in-terpret the growling as harm-less, which could pose a sig-nificant problem.
“It’s not like he’s re-gressed or anything,” DeCruzsaid. “Miller is a very smartdog; it’s part of why his train-ing went so well. He has pro-gressed a lot, though.”
DeCruz is still trainingMiller for basic obedienceand household tricks as a pet.
“In this program, if thedog fails, you’re offered thefirst choice of keeping him,”DeCruz said.
The failure of a servicedog within its program is notuncommon, according toSkarvan, who has been in-volved with service dogssince the seventh grade.
“There’s a really specifictemperament you have tohave for a dog to be able togo into public with you be-cause not all dogs can go inthe public,” Skarvan said.
Despite Miller’s evictionfrom the program, DeCruz isstill learning more about him-self and his dog, as is Lyons.
“I’m growing in pa-tience,” Lyons said of howtraining Rory has impactedher everyday life. “It’s super
important because the dogcan sense your frustration, soI have to know when I haveto just pause and take abreath.”
Despite the fact thatcountless dogs have gonethrough similar training tech-niques to become servicedogs, the training procedureschange just a bit for eachservice animal.
“Every dog is different,”DeCruz said. “You can’tteach every dog the same les-sons, so you have to learn thedog and kind of become partof the dog.”
While the trainers takecare of the dogs and helpthem learn, the dogs are alsotaking care of the owners andhelping them learn moreabout themselves and theworld around them.
“(Rory) brings me confi-dence, too,” Lyons said. “Shehelps me keep my head upwhen things make me sad.It’s been proven that petting adog for a few minutes lowersstress, and that’s definitelybeen true for me.
“(Rory) inspires me tolook at the big picture; to bethe best that I can be.”
By Colleen Kochensparger
Two dogs continue helping andinspiring students on campus
Duke isa better teamthan UKright now,but theyshould be.
TheBlue Devilshave re-turned nineyears ofDuke-play-ing experi-ence to itsstarting five.
Duke guard Seth Curry, whonearly single-handedly sealedthe game with his drives to
the bucket late in the game,is a fifth-year senior.
Their interior is patrolledby senior forwards RyanKelly and Mason Plumlee,who has started 66 careergames for the Blue Devils.
How many career gameshave been started by thisyear's Cats? That number is59, if you include starts bytransfer guards Ryan Harrow(who wasn't even in Atlanta)and Julius Mays at NorthCarolina State and WrightState, respectively.
Duke is clearly the betterteam . . . for now.
UK head coach JohnCalipari has truly built thisteam from scratch. There areindications that progress isbeing made at a pace quickerthan expected.
Here are some reasonsfor optimism:
These Cats are coach-able.
After giving up a com-bined 49 3-point attempts intwo exhibition games, Cali-pari drilled the importance ofgetting out on the perimeterand contesting shots, even ifit allows drives to the basket.
The next game the Cats
forced Maryland to go an in-effective 3-of-20 from be-hind the arc.
The Terrapins destroyedthe Cats on the backboard inBrooklyn, capturing 28 re-bounds in a losing effort,prompting Calipari to focustwo days worth of practiceon the fine art of rebounding.
The result was a relative-ly even battle on the boards(Duke 31 UK 30), and only11 offensive rebounds for theBlue Devils. It was physicaldown low, but the Cats didn't
See Basketball on page 2
UK will shine — in time Rock-the-Dot tobe held Thursday
The Violence Interven-tion and Prevention Center ispresenting its fourth annualRock-the-Dot Talent and Va-riety Show Thursday night inthe Student Center Cats Denat 7 p.m.
Rock-the-Dot will in-clude a wide range of per-formances, including but notlimited to, Pause-and-Listenand Jeremiah Muwanga.
Refreshments will beserved.
The show is a celebrationof the VIP’s Green Dot Strat-egy which aims to shift cul-ture towards a violence-freeone.
Green Dot is any mo-ment in time when words,actions or even silence areused to stop violence in asafe way. The strategy startedat UK and has spread to oth-er campuses and communi-ties across the country.
Incorporating Green Dotin the performance is re-quired and is a key elementwhen it comes to judging. Itcould be a message, wearinggreen or integrating the ideain the performance.
Performers will competefor first, second and thirdplace that will be decided by
a panel of three judges com-prised of UK students andstaff.
The set up will be similarto national TV talent shows,and the judges will give per-formers feedback, interactingwith the audience as well.
The audience will also beinvolved in the judging ofperformances.
VIP Center DirectorMelanie Matson said theevent gives people insightinto the unity Green Dot cre-ates.
“It’s an opportunity foreveryone to get a good senseof the community we have atUK,” she said.
Shevy Tinney, who is anintern at the VIP Center, willbe an announcer at Rock-the-Dot. The ISC senior said it’sher first time attending.
“I don’t know what toexpect, but I am excited be-cause each act has to incor-porate the Green Dot … itwill be really interesting howthey can do that,” she said.
Tinney said celebratingthe Green Dot is as importantas its efforts.
“People come to the VIPfor help with issues that havehappened. This event is notjust to raise awareness, butmostly to have fun,” shesaid.
By Jennifer Abreu
PHOTOS BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFFJennifer Lyons, a sophomore animal science major, gets help opening a door from her service dog, Rory, on Tuesday.
Plans for soccercomplex released
Renderings of the newstadium to be built for UK’smen and women’s soccerteams have been released byUK Athletics.
The permanent structureis projected to be completedin time for the 2013 seasons,and will be built on the siteof the current UK SoccerComplex.
Designed by Kentuckyarchitectural companyLuckett & Farley, the stadi-um will form part of thenew softball and soccercomplex, with work alreadyunderway on constructionof the new softball stadium.
The two stadiums willbe linked by a pair ofbridges, one allowing mediato move between a sharedpress lounge, the other forthe use of fans to make use
of the concession stands andbathrooms in each structure.
A concourse between thetwo new buildings willhouse further fan amenitieswhich can be used duringboth soccer and softball
games.While final plans for ca-
pacity have yet to be con-firmed, it is anticipated3,000-4,500 seats will bebuilt at the complex.
By Tom [email protected]
New facility will be ready by 2013
PHOTO COURTESY OF UK ATHLETICSThe new soccer complex will coincide with the new softball facility.There will be a bridge connecting the media and fan areas of each.
Talent show will help fight violence
See SOCCER on page 2
LES JOHNS
Kernelcolumnist
Photo slideshow from UK vs. Dukegame Tuesday night online
Andrew Wiggins to play at Scott Co. High School Sunday
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So, it was with great apprehension that di-rector Bill Condon showed the Motion PictureAssn. of America an early cut of the fran-chise’s fifth and last installment some sixmonths before the film was ready for release.It was a must-do for the filmmaker, who shotboth parts of the final novel, “BreakingDawn,” in one long six-month shoot. Withoutgiving too much of the film’s plot away, somevampires die via the gruesome method.
“Certainly, with any other movie, there area thousand ways to kill people,” Condon saidin a recent interview. “With this one, it’s avariation on the same theme. If they were go-ing to be offended by the idea of beheadings,we would have had no movie.”
Still, the MPAA’s ratings board initiallyhanded “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn— Part 2” a provisional R rating, according to
the director. The MPAA didn’t immediatelyrespond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Condon then wrote the ratings board a let-ter explaining the necessity of including thebeheadings in the film. And, both Summit En-tertainment Co-Chairman Rob Friedman andthe studio’s president of production, Eric Feig,contacted the oversight board on the picture’sbehalf.
What did the MPAA take greatest issuewith? The sound effects that accompanied thevampire decapitations. “Their big note was theaccumulated intensity of (the film’s criticalscene). In the end, there were very specificsuggestions about how we pull back on thesound and the crunching of the head beingseparated from the neck,” said Condon. “Andwe did that.”
The film, which opens Friday, is being re-leased with a PG-13 rating for “sequences ofviolence including disturbing images, somesensuality and partial nudity,” according to theMPAA’s disclaimer.
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back down and held seniorforward Mason Plumlee tojust three rebounds (9.2 re-bounds per game last season).
These Cats don't quit.After 30 minutes of physi-
cal, emotional basketball infront of a rabid crowd of splitallegiances, the Cats foundthemselves down 58-44.
It would have been in-credibly easy to cave, but theydidn't.
UK responded with a 17-6
run to make it a one-posses-sion game, fueled by strongdefense, limiting Duke to oneshot, and explosive plays onoffense.
Freshman forward AlexPoythress is a beast.
The decisive, dominatingPoythress that played DukeTuesday does not look any-thing like the timid, mistake-ridden Poythress that playedagainst Maryland Fridaynight.
He scored 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and capturedeight rebounds in 37 minutesof play Tuesday.
Eight of his 20 points
were scored on rim-shatteringdunks worthy of SportsCenterTop 10 Plays contention (onetwo-handed tip-slam did makethe segment).
Despite the loss, thereare many bright spots forthe Cats, who are on thethreshold of another out-standing season.
Give this team a healthyand productive Ryan Harrowand another couple months ofCalipari's coaching, and theBlue Devils will not want tosee the Cats on their side ofthe bracket in March.
BASKETBALLContinued from page 1
Fans and students willalso be able to enjoy gamesfrom standing room at fieldlevel, with an upgrade to thecurrent merchandise tent alsoon the cards.
Grass banking oppositethe current bleachers will re-main and will be opened tospectators if extra capacity isneeded, allowing a further2,000 fans to attend games.
New locker rooms, play-ers lounges and staff officeswill be built into the newstructure as the universityaims to improve things off thepitch to match recent successon the field.
After picking up its firstNCAA Tournament win inprogram history last week,women’s soccer travel to SanDiego, Calif. Friday to playUCLA in round two.
Men’s soccer has enjoyeda strong season under firstyear head coach Johan Ceder-gren, securing qualification to
the NCAA Tournament forthe first time in nine seasons.
Redevelopment of UKSoccer Complex, along withplans to improve training fa-cilities, combined with win-ning programs could signalthe start of a storied chapterfor UK soccer.
Thursday night will seethe final game at the currentfacility, when the men’s teamhost Xavier in round one ofthe NCAA Tournament.Kick-off is scheduled for 7p.m.
SOCCERContinued from page 1
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thursday 11.15.12 page 3kernelopinionsNow that the election is over, it’s time
for the politicians in Washington to get backto work after four years ofstalemating.
The next big issues thepresident and Congressmust tackle will be debtreduction and tax rates asthey negotiate how thefederal government willavoid going over the fiscalcliff.
The cliff is a spendingcap put on governmentspending back in the sum-mer of 2011 when a bar-gain agreement was metbetween GOP and Democ-
rats in order to raise the country’s debt ceil-ing. The cap will go into affect on Jan. 1,2013. It will bring $500 billion in Bush-eratax cuts and payroll tax holidays and $109billion in automatic spending cuts in defenseand domestic spending to an abrupt halt.
A lack of compromise between Democ-rats and Republicans on the issue will cer-tainly thrust the economy back into a reces-sion.
Leaders do not have time to be lack-adaisical in their efforts to work together. Ifthere isn’t cooperation between the partisansplit House of Representatives and Senate topass legislation that will prevent sequestra-tion, then there will likely be major conse-quences for current college students’ jobprospects.
According to a Congressional BudgetOffice report that was released on Nov. 8,unemployment rates will jump from 7.9 per-cent this year to 9.1 percent by the end of2013 if government leaders do not come toan agreement on spending and taxes.
The key to success in solving the im-pending economic issue is bipartisanship in
an effort to both reduce the national deficitand improve unemployment.
One way that can be accomplished is byraising taxes on the wealthiest 2 percent ofAmericans for revenue purposes. Even con-servatives like political strategist and com-mentator Bill Kristol think that’s a goodidea. This past Sunday, Kristol said, “Itwon’t kill the country if we raise taxes a lit-tle bit on millionaires.”
Republican Speaker of the House JohnBoehner recently said, “I remain optimisticthat we can find common ground,” when hewas discussing averting the fiscal cliff.
It sounds like the GOP is finally tryingto turn an open ear to what the Americanpeople want. Exit polls from the Nov. 6election reveal that 60 percent of voters saidthey are ready to raise taxes on the wealthi-est Americans.
President Obama is listening to the elec-torate, as well. Last Friday, when speakingabout his strategy to solve fiscal cliff, hesaid the government’s “top priority has to bejobs and economic growth.” The presidentalso said he wants a “balanced approach” tosolving the ensuing problem. He also wantsto immediately extend middle class tax cutsto “take a chunk of economic uncertainty offthe table.” If that tax policy is renewed, itwill protect tax rates for 98 percent ofAmericans. However, the bill has been sit-ting idle in Congress since it was passed bythe Senate.
Passing that bill would be an easy andsmart start to cooperation between politicalparties and saving the economic future ofAmerica. If the recent presidential electionmeans anything after the past three years, itis that Americans are ready for their civilservants to start working together.
As they should. Chase Sanders is a Kernel staff writer.
Email him at [email protected].
A cooperative Congresscan help avoid fiscal cliff
CHASESANDERS
Kernelcolumnist
To paraphrase Christopher Hitchens, Matthew Bendure's Nov. 14 editorial sadly sug-gests that he is someone who hasn't ever encountered any of the arguments against hispositions.
Bendure is a GOP supporter who, unsurprisingly, is reluctant to embrace any realconceptions of progress or growth. As a result, his positions are incredibly tired and pre-dictable.
Blaming popular sentiment solely on media narrative? Check. Engaging in emptypolitical equivocation and spin? Check. Blindly embracing party line talking points?Check. Expressing meaningless hyperbole and righteous indignation? Check.
Every aspect of Bendure's commentary is motivated by the worst kind of contempo-rary rhetoric. His impulse is to cast everything in purely political terms, and this denialof the ethical components of these issues is regrettably shallow and shameless.
Take, for example, Bendure's response to Richard Mourdock's remarks about rapeand divine intention. After falsely accusing James Blackerby of misrepresenting Mour-dock's claims, Bendure's only reaction to the content of the quote is that it did not con-stitute a "wise political move."
Why is his response so hollow and political? I think it is more appropriate to askhow wise Mourdock's commentary was as a moral, ethical or human "move." Mour-dock's comments were offensive and thoughtless in a way that transcends politics. As aresult, it might be more important to ask what comments like those reveal about Mour-dock as a fellow human being than as a political candidate concerned with pleasing hisbase.
Bendure began his editorial with the intention to talk about change, but it's sadlyclear that he would rather support pandering to a political base than engaging in any-thing that might allow America to continue to grow. This is unfortunate, because ourcurrent political climate is largely the result of such aggressively uncritical, predeter-mined reactions.
Guy Spriggs is an English graduate student. Email [email protected].
Predetermined politics hurt Americaletter to the editor
Nothing has established and re-inforced political ideology quite
like the age-oldargument of sepa-ration of churchand state.
Whether youbelieve that reli-gion belongs inthe public or pri-vate sphere, reli-gious viewpointsare inherently em-bedded into thepolitical system.However, Ameri-ca was the firstnation in history
to place a clear distinction betweenestablished religion and govern-ment. One of the many attacks on
our country from the ReligiousRight is the claim that our countryis a Christian nation — a countryfounded by Christians, for Chris-tians.
However, one does not have todelve deep into American historyto find that this statement is nottrue.
Even if the founding fathershad been Christians, it wouldmake no sense for them to estab-lish a nation oriented around reli-gion when many of the firstcolonists left England specificallyto escape a tyrannical governmentthat advocated for religious perse-cution.
That being said, I think the ar-gument presented by the ReligiousRight is wrong, but the idea is
right. Even if you are a fervent athe-
ist you cannot deny that the 10Commandments, arguably one ofthe most fundamental laws ofChristianity, instill good moral val-ues. Most of our government andjustice system is structured aroundthese principles, although it maynot be explicitly referred to as reli-gious ideology.
Following the recent presiden-tial election, many deemed the Re-publican Party insufficient and ob-solete — attributing their loss totheir inability to appeal to an elec-torate whose social values haveevolved over time. So the questionremains: Should the “Old Party”compromise their moral underpin-nings in the name of political vic-
tories? It is clear that the Religious
Right is not wrong in observingthat the U.S. has morally regressedfrom the days of BenjaminFranklin’s 13 virtues to the ‘if itfeels good, do it’ ideology thattook precedence throughout the‘60s and ‘70s.
However, what is unclear iswhether or not this moral declinecan be attributed to the diminish-ing influence of religion in the po-litical arena.
I do not believe that it is nec-essary to advocate for a govern-ment that promotes specific reli-gious values.
There are far too many reli-gious epistemologies around whichto both structure a government and
satisfy the masses. However, I do believe that the
institution of government must co-exist with the influence of religion— rather than exalting one at theexpense of the other. Most of thelaws established today are ground-ed in religious teachings, withoutwhich we would be a much differ-ent society.
While it can be debated as towhether or not it would be for bet-ter or worse, it would certainly bedifferent. While government isnecessary in maintaining order andprotecting liberty, religion is essen-tial in providing the moral founda-tion upon which society is built.
Jessica Tyler is a political sci-ence and history junior. [email protected].
Church and state must coexist, not remain separate
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