is nothing in size to compare with the fanaticism of the cult!

but often are

"Individ-

Further isolation ensues from the stereotypes developed of the outgroup. To quote David Reisman (The Lonely Crowd): uals there are not necessarily free . zealously tuned in to the signals of a group that finds the meaning of life quite unproblematically in an illusion of attacking an allegedly dominant and punishing majority" of "straights", "squares", "Babbitts", whatever the case may be. And we ask, how can society accept them, if they refuse to accept them?

So all in all, let us remember, insiders and outsiders alike, that we are not foreigners or natives, strange ones or normal, but rather humans.

any man's death

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind."

Barbara Stephens

AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE TO MEET SOON

From the Washington Newsletter of the Mattachine Society we learn that the 34th annual meeting of the American Law Institute will take place in Washington, D.C., May 22-25. It is expected that Tentative Draft No. 6 of the Institute's MODEL PENAL CODE, which offers drastic revisions of our archaic sex laws, will be submitted at the meet for consideration. The Code, not yet in final form, will, upon its completion, be submitted to Congress and the State legislatures for adoption or rejection, in whole or in part, by the lawmakers. It is generally believed that the fact that during the 20th century only three states Louisiana, West Virginia and Wisconsin have revised their penal cr criminal codes will cause many legislators to seriously consider the Institute's recommendations.

In a future issue of THE LADDER we hope to present in more detail the proposals of this MODEL PENAL CODE.