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It is worth noting that ND is not the only institution affected, and thus there may be many who had previously not had such a policy.</p>
<p>The government tried to come up with a compromise; basically, they were just going to make insurance companies include it “for no additional cost” (whether you believe that’s possible or not) in all plans, so the plan holders wouldn’t have to make the decision against their religion. Father Jenkins found it insufficient; does anyone think it was an improvement?</p>
<p>The administration recently refused, despite much student and faculty prodding, to make it a policy that you couldn’t discriminate against a student based upon sexual orientation. I was hoping that the decision would receive a lot of scrutiny, but I predict the lawsuit will greatly overshadow any attention that denial might have received.</p>