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Old 08-08-2009, 11:49 AM
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Controversy Discussion: An Issue About Roommates

Hey all.
As I was reading the paper this morning I stumbled across a heated debate in the advice columns about an issue I've been hearing more and more about in the last few years. A mother had written in and was concerned about her son; he was going to college, living in the dorms and had gotten assigned a gay roommate. The mother was upset because she felt this was equivilent to a boy and a girl rooming together, but the advice column journalist had strongly disagreed, feeling the mother's worry was nothing but prejudice, similar to feeling discomfort about a kid rooming with a person of a different race.

In this case, the son asked for and was assigned a new roommate.

I thought it was an interesting topic and was curious to see where you guys stood.
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