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Deviant Sex Promoted at Penn State
Traditional Values Coalition ^ | June 26, 2002 | Rev. Louis P. Sheldon

Posted on 06/27/2002 12:01:28 PM PDT by simicyber

Traditional Values Coalition
Opinion Editorial


For Publication On Or After
Wednesday, June 26, 2002


Spanier Administration Evangelizes
For Deviant Sex At Penn State


By Rev. Louis P. Sheldon
Chairman, Traditional Values Coalition

Washington, DC – The Penn State administration of President Graham Spanier is continuing a crusade in support of sexually deviant behavior. 
 
The Spanier administration’s most recent outrage has been its tepid response to the appearance of Patrick Califa Rice at a radical feminist health fair on campus this past March. Rice is a female-to-male transgender who has written approvingly of adult/child sex and has been a vocal supporter of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). Rice was invited to the campus by Womyn’s Concerns to discuss her sex change operation. While administrative spokesman Bill Mahon expressed regret that Rice had been invited to PSU by the campus group, Spanier’s administration did nothing to prevent Rice’s presentation despite prior knowledge of Rice’s views. The administration sought to defuse public criticism by requiring attendees at Rice’s presentation to show campus identification and proof of minimum age (18).

Rice is author of “Doing it for Daddy: Short and Sexy Fiction about a Very Forbidden Fantasy,” about incest. The feminist conference also included guest speaker Leslie Feinberg, a self-proclaimed Marxist revolutionary and female-to-male transgender who considers sex change operations to be part of class warfare against a capitalist and male-dominated society. 
 
Spanier’s unwillingness to speak out against the promotion of sexual deviancy on campus is part of a consistent pattern of advocacy for non-traditional sexual behaviors. The most aggressive administrative support for deviant sex at Penn State has come through the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity. The Spanier administration has been publicly supportive of annual “Gay Pride” activities on the Penn State University Park campus, and the Penn State Intercom publication has been regularly used as a promotional tool for homosexual gatherings since Spanier assumed the leadership role at Penn State. The administration has funded staff and expanded facilities for homosexual student/faculty resources.

Spanier, who holds a doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University, did his thesis on wife swapping in the 1970s and wrote on this topic for the Journal of Sex Research in February, 1974. In his article, “Co-marital mate-sharing and family stability,” he wrote, “…the evidence available to date offers no evidence to suggest that mate-swapping is harmful to marital or family stability.” 

In his 1975 article, “Mate Swapping: Perceptions, Value Orientations, and Participation in a Midwestern Community,” for Archives of Sexual Behavior,” Spanier wrote: “An individual’s behavior becomes deviant only when others define it as deviant…. Mate swapping, then, can be viewed as either deviant or normal behavior, depending on who is viewing it and from what perspective it is being viewed.” 

In the February, 1989 edition of Journal of Marriage and Family, Spanier expressed what some see as a clue to his Penn State policy agenda when he wrote that: “…we should be skeptical about any intellectual conviction about the superiority of the intact nuclear family.” 

Dr. Spanier’s promotion of deviant sex was in evident in the early 1990s during his tenure as Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, where he aggressively lobbied for policies supportive of homosexuality. In one instance, he threatened to remove academic credit for ROTC classes unless Nebraska Senator Jim Exon lobbied the Defense Department to eliminate the ban on homosexuals serving in the military. Spanier’s Affirmative Action office distributed pink triangle decals to faculty and staff—with a request that these decals be displayed to indicate that homosexuals would have “safe spaces” on campus. 

At Penn State, Dr. Spanier has permitted various bizarre sex fairs on campus, including the “C--- Fest” in November, 2000, named after a vulgar term for female sex organs. This was followed by the Sex Faire in February, 2001. This university-sanctioned event included “Orgasm Bingo,” where participants played Bingo with sexual obscenities written on bingo cards. Pennsylvania Representative John Lawless drew public attention to the indecent campus activities, and public pressure forced the administration to close down a “Tent of Consent” planned for the Sex Faire that was intended to provide a space for couples or groups to engage in consensual sexual activity. 
 
Graham Spanier’s public history offers a clear pattern of promotion for sexual perversion. It is our view, judging from Dr. Spanier’s previous comments on wife-swapping, that he would likely conclude that individuals like Feinberg and Rice are perfectly normal and appropriate role models for Penn State students. After all, in Dr. Spanier’s world, deviancy is simply a matter of one’s perspective. Would he say the same thing about incest or adult/child sex? After all, some pedophiles consider themselves normal and merely victims of an intolerant society. 

Dr. Spanier is an embarrassment to higher education and to the state of Pennsylvania. He should be viewed with alarm by parents who send their young men and women to this university system. Spanier’s strange views on sexual matters should be further investigated by the Pennsylvania state legislature—and for the safety of the students who attend Penn State, the Board of Trustees should promptly remove him from office. 


Traditional Values Coalition is an interdenominational public policy organization representing more than 43,000 churches across the United States. For more information, contact Sharone Carmona at 202-547-8570. TVC's Web site is: www.traditionalvalues.org.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; homosexuals; incest; pennstate; transgender; wifeswapping
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1 posted on 06/27/2002 12:01:28 PM PDT by simicyber
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2 posted on 06/27/2002 12:03:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: simicyber
there's so much one could say to this crap but I'm speechless. 30 years ago these types of people would've been considered nuts rather than lauded!
3 posted on 06/27/2002 12:09:20 PM PDT by KantianBurke
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To: simicyber; Siobhan; JMJ333; Domestic Church; Dumb_Ox; Aquinasfan; maryz; SoothingDave; ...
All of this, met with the silent acquiescence of Bishop Joseph Adamec of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, PA, who as we speak is preparing to take away the faculties of the only priest in this diocese who has publicly spoken out against this rot at Penn State as well as across this diocese.
4 posted on 06/27/2002 12:10:19 PM PDT by Polycarp
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To: simicyber
“Tent of Consent”

LOL. Sounds like libertarian heaven.

5 posted on 06/27/2002 12:25:58 PM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Polycarp
Though he chooses to be silent, Adamec has a duty to denounce Spanier's disordered fascination with sexual deviancy, as it represents an affront to area Catholics, an objective threat to Catholic students at Penn State, and an abuse of resources extracted from Pennsylvania taxpayers. This duty obtains regardless of these spectacles' venue and Spanier's religious affiliation (if any, though one presumes not).
6 posted on 06/27/2002 12:30:30 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: simicyber
Rice is a female-to-male transgender who has written approvingly of adult/child sex and has been a vocal supporter of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA).

You're paying for people to speak at Penn State who promote molesting your kids. She/he/it belongs with Father Shanley of the Catholic Church - locked away.

7 posted on 06/27/2002 12:31:28 PM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: simicyber
Could someone just get it over with and post the picture of Austin Powers, "SWINGER, BABY!"
8 posted on 06/27/2002 12:32:08 PM PDT by mattdono
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To: Polycarp
. . . who as we speak is preparing to take away the faculties of the only priest in this diocese who has publicly spoken out against this rot at Penn State as well as across this diocese.

Is he doing it because the priest spoke out? It's unclear to me just what the situation you're describing is.

9 posted on 06/27/2002 12:33:29 PM PDT by maryz
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To: simicyber
This Spanier guys is a SCUMBAG! This is what liberals want in this country...and this is what our children is being taught: it is ok, if you think it is ok.

I guess I will have to offer my "perspective" to Spanier: I find it ok to put a bullet in your head. Just let me know when I can do that, then maybe (just maybe) I will buy your argument.

10 posted on 06/27/2002 12:36:46 PM PDT by mattdono
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To: simicyber
Spanier, who holds a doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University, did his thesis on wife swapping in the 1970s and wrote on this topic for the Journal of Sex Research in February, 1974. In his article, “Co-marital mate-sharing and family stability,” he wrote, “…the evidence available to date offers no evidence to suggest that mate-swapping is harmful to marital or family stability.”

OMG! Is that true? I actually liked that guy.

Look at how slippery the part in bold is. Let me paraphrase:

Studies haven't been done establishing this to be true, so one is tacitly encouraged to believe it is false.

Scumbag.

11 posted on 06/27/2002 12:38:47 PM PDT by Petronski
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To: Petronski
the evidence available to date offers no evidence

I had read the article, but didn't notice this linguistic monstrosity until you quoted it. My own feeling is that grammatical and syntactic oddities generally indicate that something else weird is going on.

12 posted on 06/27/2002 12:44:18 PM PDT by maryz
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To: DoughtyOne
The most devient thing I ever saw at Penn State was a giant centerfold on my friends dorm room wall with Joe Paterno's head pasted on the girls body.

It was the single most disturbing image I've ever seen.

13 posted on 06/27/2002 12:46:04 PM PDT by zarf
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To: zarf
It was the single most disturbing image I've ever seen.

What's the matter? Jopa's craggy face doesn't scream fecundity and fertility to you? LOL

14 posted on 06/27/2002 12:50:12 PM PDT by Petronski
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To: zarf
One would think with all of the angry lesbians running around, Coach Paterno could get one or two good offensive linesmen out of the bunch.
15 posted on 06/27/2002 12:50:14 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: zarf
P.S. Did he have a 'nice rack?'
16 posted on 06/27/2002 12:51:14 PM PDT by Petronski
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To: DoughtyOne
Promoting homosexuality and child molestation are just free speach. Heck. our Libertarian buddies say so.
17 posted on 06/27/2002 12:53:09 PM PDT by Hacksaw
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To: simicyber
When he was Chancellor here at UNL, he was not-so-affectionately known as Graham Crackers. The 'Integrated Studies' program he introduced here mandates that all undergraduates take a 'diversity' course. It's no problem, of course, for liberal arts majors, but it causes a serious problem for majors like Chemical Engineering, which have huge course loads.
18 posted on 06/27/2002 12:55:39 PM PDT by Right Wing Professor
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To: simicyber
He should be viewed with alarm by parents who send their young men and women to this university system.

Believe me, he is. And Penn State and universities like it are coming to be viewed with alarm as well.

19 posted on 06/27/2002 1:00:30 PM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: simicyber
the evidence available to date offers no evidence to suggest that mate-swapping is harmful to marital or family stability.”

Suggesting it, however, has been known to be associated with health hazards. Severe health hazards, involving ballbats, buckshot...

20 posted on 06/27/2002 1:02:37 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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