PSU = the devil?

Penn State University has had a reputation for winning for decades upon decades. With the recent events that have occurred at Penn State, it seems that all of the memories of their glory years may be discredited. Rene Portland has led the PSU women's basketball team to over 600 victories and has also won the Coach of the Year award twice. Although she has a long list of accomplishments that she is very-well known for over her 27 years as head coach, her reputation may be shot forever now due to her discrimination against homosexuals, or more notably lesbians and she uses her faith as an excuse! I'm not one to judge others on their sexual preferences or religion because I feel that someone else's business is their own, and if they are happy then that's all that should matter. I believe that Portland firmly believes she was doing the right thing, but I cannot understand her God complex. I understand that the Catholic religion believes that marriage and relationships should occur between a man and woman, but if we look out at society today, homosexuals are constantly surrounding us. We can't escape it no matter where we are, but it still makes people feel incredibly uncomfortable. I also believe that you cannot help who you love and that homosexuals did not choose their way of life. No one wants to be discriminated upon and judged, and no one just CHOOSES to be homosexual to be rebellious. I think it's strange that others don't see it that way either, but that's just me. Although her religion looks down upon same-sex relationships, what I'm having the hardest time understanding is why she felt the need to ruin the lives of those that didn't see things the same way she did. She had such an enormous amount of power that she literally ruined the lives of so many women and watching the video in class, you can still see the pain and agony that these women felt. She permanently did damage to human beings that were just trying to chase a dream. After she kicked these people off her team, she went out of her way to make sure that they were never to have a chance at the big leagues all because they lived a different way of life than her own. She is not superior to anyone, she is not God. I cannot believe how long Penn State turned the other cheek and let this woman torture her players. Joe Paterno and his staff only cared about winning, and they did everything they could to ensure that they would keep doing just that... but here we are years later, and all of that might just go to shit.

- Clara Cho KIN 338i S.6