I admire the survivors of Domestic Violence. And regardless of what Mrs. Schlafly believes, marital rape does happen. My sister was a survivor of marital rape and she is a women that I admire most in this world. So to women like Sharon and my sister!! Continue to be strong.

For others who may be reading this and also experiencing domestic violence - help is available by calling:

National Domestic
Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

Pretty hypocritcal comments coming from a woman who feels her place is at home while the husband supports the family.

I think that rape is rape, regardless of who the person is. If a women or a man does not want to have sex and someone forces them to, that is rape. As a college student, we are constantly talked to about rape and even if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs and you have sex agasint your will, that is rape regardless of your inability to fuction properly. I do not believe that any person has the right to force ANYTHING on another person regradless of their martial status.

Also excuse me ma’am, but I am in college and working two jobs during school and more over the summer. I also have tens thousands of dollars in student loans, and if I believe strongly in something, I can make the time to protest it. That is what college is for, finding who you are and what you believe in and how is the American system of democracy suspossed to function if people are not suspossed to express their opinion.

Ms. Schlafly quite possibly may have missed many boats.
The one that gives us the right to use our “free” time the way we like.
The one that gives us a right to dissent in this country when we see things we disagree with.
The one that knows what work is all about.
Who is the “…someone else is paying there fee” comment directed towards?
A particular gender type, racial type, socio-economic type, political type, or just not her type?
Check the demographics on WashU’s campus and you will find out who the protesters will likely be.

Who paid her fee?

As someone who has benefited from the generosity of Washington University Students who give thousands of hours as volunteers to children in our community, I would be happy to visit with Ms. Schalfly about what college students do with all their extra time.

I don’t know if or when many of you people went to college, but today’s general college setting consists of a majority of Marxist professors who goad their students into marching and protesting against anyone or any idea that they disagree with. And yes, college students whose mommy and daddy are footing the bill have way too much time on their hands. If you really knew who your future leaders were listening to right now, you might be a little surprised.

When I read about Phyllis was being honored at WU, my first thought was, “Isn’t she dead yet?” She was out of touch then, she’s out of touch now. That WU panders to this side of the political spectrum is no surprise. It’s all about the mighty dollar and keeping their endowment at a staggering level while contributing very little. WU’s PR about themselves an alternative to Ivy League schools is a lot of smoke and mirror.

On going to or listening to graduation speakers… I didn’t want to go to my graduation merely because I thought it a huge waste of time and money. I’d done my time, earned my debt, taken the requisite classes. I didn’t care about any ceremony. I don’t need a ceremony to “announce” or have “closure” for my years in school.

We didn’t have any “special” guest speaker, that I recall, certainly no one of “celebrity” status. We didn’t have anyone receiving honorary degrees that I knew of either… and had we, and had I known - if it were to occur during my specific ceremony (usually each college within a university has individual ceremonies, not all on the same day or in the same place), who knows what I may have done, had it been someone I wasn’t fond of.

That all said, I think long term it doesn’t matter. I couldn’t tell you who any of my speakers were at my commencement. I couldn’t tell you what any of them spoke about. I graduated with my B.S. just over 3 years ago. I couldn’t tell you what my pastor preached on last week for that matter!

Lastly, at least at my university, avoiding graduation ceremonies was something made quite difficult. You’d have to request by letter to not attend, and they’d have to accept or decline based upon your reasoning. I knew of only one individual who got out of going and that was because she was going out of country on a trip that had been planned and sealed many months prior - not to mention she had the approval and accompaniment of several of her professors.

So, protest. I’d no doubt be protesting Chris Matthews, but attend. Have a little bit of fun with some quiet civil disobedience. I painted a little message on my mortarboard (”Finally outta here!” I drew an ear for “here” as it was my personal logo and I wasn’t fond of much about my university) and wore a Spongebob Squarepants tie that I flipped out of my robe once I got my diploma, as I walked quite a ways back to my seat… for plenty of people to see!!!

Civil dissent is encouraged by this representative democracy. If Phyllis doesn’t like that, then she may appear pretty unAmerican. In fact, her stand against the simple moral traditional principal of equality for all (men as well as women) smacks of anti-Americanism. When is somebody going to ask her who funds her nonsense. A month ago before a Florida legislative committee which was voting on the ERA (ERA only needs 3 more ratified states), one of Schlafly’s minions let forth a screed about how ERA would cause all teenagers to become prostitutes, there would be sex-shared restrooms, social security would be taken from women, etc. One of our more sane legislators asked this person if she’d seen any of these ’silly’ arguments after Florida voters got a State Equal Rights Amendment. She had to admit she had not. Game over. ERA succeeded 8-3, bipartisan. So there, Phyllis!

Give her a run for her money, students. You are the best and the brightest. Don’t let her convince you you are second-class. Whether male or female, ERA is for YOU. That’s something she will not say. Cheers on your graduation in spite of the featured harridan.