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Comment in question Bob Jones University Written by Richard Mendoza , on 04-11-1998 18:41 After receiving the latest edition of the Multiracial Activist's newsletter and the desire of its writer to punish Bob Jones University by revoking the tax status of its museum, it made me concerned about the desire to use the government to coerce social change. So far, revoking the tax status of the university during the Reagan administration hasn't produced the desired results, and I doubt that punishing then further will accomplish anything. The problem with BJU is its mixture of premillenial dispensational legalistic Christian fundamentalism, which we should respect as their sincerely held religious beliefs, combined with a racist interpretation of certain Bible verses which leads them to their anti-interracial point of view. Since we are dealing with the religious arena it would make more sense to engage in theologically-based arguments to change hearts, rather than attacking them legislatively and hardening them. For those of us Christians who advocate the freedom to engage in interracial relationships, and perhaps others as well, I think this tactic would be a better means of furthering our goal. Richard Mendoza