The organizers of yesterday’s protest should be ashamed of themselves, not because of the McCarthyite flavor of protesting a piece of writing (or really, protesting any piece of writing. I mean what the hell?) that isn’t objectively homophobic (from the article: ”Indeed, many of the lectures and workshops that they hosted this month were great successes. Academics and scientists addressed students about the details of gay history, more worldly students chose to attend sex-toy workshops, and the rainbow-colored arch of balloons over Low Library was a palpable indicator of the University’s commitment to tolerance.” Not exactly lifted from a James Dobson sermon, huh?), but because the article was advancing a viewpoint that’s defensible, even if it advanced it in a singularly tactless way. Moreover, it’s an opinion that the paper has published before.