The following passage is reprinted from Dr. Socarides' recently published book, A Freedom Too Far . Here we listen in on a lively, sometimes wryly humorous conversation about the changes in our culture and universities since the gay-rights movement came to prominence . Academe has bought into diversity at any price, even to the ruination of the very idea of a university. Just look at the words. Diversity is the exact opposite of university.
University says wholeness.
Diversity implies division. And so now they're turning centuries of civilization on its head, by trying to institutionalize same-sex sex. The City University of New York began a gay and lesbian research center for graduate students in 1991. In the fall of 1993, San Francisco State University became the country's first four-year school to offer a formal academic program of courses on gay, lesbian and bisexual culture. Students there can get a minor in Gay and Lesbian Studies.