An Inclusive Litany
3/16/01
Student activists at the University of Georgia
killed a proposal to build a memorial to those who lost their lives in
military service due to the armed forces' historic exclusion of
various groups. Laura Chason, a student member of the council that
voted against the proposal, explained: "It's called a peace memorial.
[But] it's a war memorial. A war memorial by its nature is going to
exclude someone on this campus—females, non-Anglo males, African
Americans, homosexuals and international students." Chason argued
that service to other nations and in organizations like the
Peace Corps should be honored instead.