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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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- Organization: Anasazi, Inc. Phoenix, Arizona USA
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:32:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.154724.12695@m5.harvard.edu> borden@m5.harvard.edu writes:
- ]In article <1992Dec30.042419.2105@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com writes:
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- ]Gays constitute about ten percent of the population. This is a very
- ]significant percentage.
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- This is a bogus number, also. It is based on a Kinsey study where the
- subjects were self-selected, and where gayness was defined as anyone
- who admitted any single instance in their life of any homosexual
- activity. A better number is 2 - 2.5%.
- ]
- ]>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.
- Christianity is a belief, not a trait. We are not talking about whether
- you or I mind it, we are talking about military unit cohesiveness.
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