The Wabash Conservative Union events program for 2009 has been nothing if not diverse. In March, we hosted Ms. Tammy Bruce—a feminist lesbian and former president of the Los Angeles chapter of NOW, who contended that conservative ideas empower minorities and argued for the legalization and recognition of same-sex marriage. Then, this past [...]

One of the great pleasures of editing a publication at Wabash is receiving letters from alumni. Wabash alums are a special group — more engaged, more interested, and more passionate about their alma mater and the students who currently reside there than, I am convinced, any group of graduates from any other school. [...]

I believe that conservatism needs to be redefined by focusing on small, unobtrusive, fiscally responsible government. As a conservative I believe that I know what is best for my family and myself, and that it is not the government’s place to dictate my actions. I also believe that I know how to best spend my earned income, and that the government should not tax me to support failing social welfare programs.

On March 18, upon my invitation, pro-choice, lesbian, feminist radio host Tammy Bruce lectured at Wabash. Those first three adjectives were not easy ones for me to overlook. I am a nondenominational, Protestant Christian. I did not learn that “fundamentalist” was a bad word until I came to Wabash, but in a certain sense, I still consider myself one. I believe that the Bible is God’s word and that it is true. I believe that life is God’s precious gift, which begins in mother’s womb, and should not be taken from innocent, unborn children. I believe that men and women were created for each other, and that homosexuality is sinful. My beliefs, by the standards of many at Wabash, are fairly extreme. If God were to deliver bad political predictions to me each year, there would be precious little to separate me from Pat Robertson.

Future WCU lecturer Tammy Bruce blogged today about her upcoming visit to Wabash. She wrote:
With everything that’s happening in Washington, I don’t think there’s ever been a better time to talk about the importance of conservative ideas. I’m really looking forward to this.
We couldn’t agree more.

The Wabash College website today featured a story about two gay speakers that are coming to Wabash this week. One, Jon Hoadley, the Executive Director of National Stonewall Democrats (a group which describes itself as a “a grassroots network connecting LGBT Democratic activists”.) was sponsored by Wabash’s gay-straight alliance, ’shOUT. The other, conservative radio show [...]