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- From: David.Rice@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Homosexual Agenda (was: Fundamentalist nightmare)
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:06:30
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- Since we seem to be discussing homosexuality. . . .
-
- This morning 11/16/92 I was listening to my favorate leftist
- radio show, Pacifica radio KPFK, and as a guest they had one
- person who was for discontinuing the ban on homosexual in the
- millitary, and one who was against offically allowing homosexuals
- in the millitary.
-
- The rational side pointed out that homosexuals are already in
- the millitary, in large numbers--- numbers equal to the ratio
- of momosexuals to heterosexuals in civilian life. Removing the
- ban would therefore not cause any harm, and could only help by
- protecting current and future millitary personale from losing
- their careers.
-
- The other side, who shouted down the former, said that to "allow"
- homosexuals into the millitary (as if they were not ALREADY THERE),
- would be a devistating blow for troop morale. He said that even if
- a homosexual performs just as well under fire as a heterosexual,
- the heterosexuals wouldn't trust them to watch each others backs!
-
- I was struck by the simularity between the latter's "arguments"
- to the rationalizations of why black people should be kept out
- of the "regular" armed forces. The individual said that homosexuals
- could offer "support" behind the lines, where they "wouldn't
- interfere with moral---" the identicle argument that was used to
- segregate black people into their own squads!
-
- There was also brought up the "problem" (his word) of women in the
- millitary, who were "a moral problem" in "Desert Storm," because
- they were going behind "sand dunes" to copulate. The BBC reported
- that American service men raped Saudi women during "Desert Storm---"
- is having heterosexuals in the millitary thus dangerous to morale?
-
- Now, I am a "straight" (heterosexual) male, and I have my doubts
- that homosexuals are any more a problem in millitary than the
- heterosexuals are. I live with two lesbians who are in the
- millitary (one Marine, one Air Force), and I used to live with
- a lesbian who was in the Army, who was discharged after being
- wounded while supporting the illegal Panama invasion. Yet I see
- every bit of evidence that these women, who are homosexual, are
- -FINE MEMBERS- of the millitary; one trains men how to kill
- efficently, and she has been sent to several countries to train
- "our" allies. She has saved American troopers lives by the training
- she provided, and she has awards and medals enough to choke a pig.
-
- My question: is there ANY evidence that shows that acknowledging
- the current homosexuals in the millitary their right to be there,
- is going to hurt the millitary? Has there been studies?
-
- --- Maximus 2.00
-