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- From: john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore)
- Subject: Re: Showering in the Military (Re: Gays in the Military..what nobody is talking about: )
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:24:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.034601.28832@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> fogarty@sir-c.jpl.nasa.gov (Tim Fogarty) writes:
- ]In article <1992Dec29.004539.5683@anasazi.com>, john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore) writes:
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- ]Since there is no RIGHT to participate in the military, why was it important
- ]to integrate blacks into the military in the 50s and not important to
- ]integrate gays into the military in the 90s ?
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- Because blacks constitute a significant segment of the population;
- because blackness is not a behavioral trait.
- ]
- ]And how many times must it be said ? There are ALREADY 10s or 100s of
- ]thousands of gays in the military. Changing the rules so that these soldiers
- ]wont have to worry about being kicked out will not adversely affect military
- ]unit cohesion. Fear is not what is keeping these soldiers in line. A good
- ]soldier is a good soldier, whether he/she is gay or straight.
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- And how many times must it be said that having open gays in the military
- leads to a number of problems that having closet gays does not. I will
- not repeat these here.... it has been beaten to death in this thread already.
- ]
- ]And if you have every been in a public shower, odds are that you have taken
- ]a shower with a homosexual. Would it have really made any difference if
- ]you knew that that other person was a homosexual ?
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- I believe that for many service people the answer to that is yes.
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- John Moore NJ7E, 7525 Clearwater Pkwy, Scottsdale, AZ 85253 (602-951-9326)
- john@anasazi.com ncar!noao!asuvax!anasaz!john anasaz!john@asuvax.eas.asu.edu
- - - Support ALL of the bill of rights, INCLUDING the 2nd amendment! - -
- - - It is not enough to be right. One must also be effective! - -
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