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- From: borden@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Dave Borden)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.homosexuality,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Showering in the Military (Re: Gays in the Military..what nobody is talking about: )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.154724.12695@m5.harvard.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:47:24 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.004539.5683@anasazi.com> <1992Dec29.034601.28832@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Dec30.042419.2105@anasazi.com>
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- Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- In article <1992Dec30.042419.2105@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com writes:
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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;
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- Gays constitute about ten percent of the population. This is a very
- significant percentage.
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- >because blackness is not a behavioral trait.
-
- So is Christianity. What's the difference? I don't accept the precepts of
- Christianity, but I respect the right to practice it. I am not inclined
- towards homosexuality, but I respect people's right to practice it. Some of
- my best friends are Christian; some of my best friends are gay, some of my
- best friends are both Christian and gay. And I don't mind at all! It's
- entirely up to them.
-
- - Dave Borden
- borden@m5.harvard.edu
-