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- From: smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Private antidiscrimination policies in CO (was Re: Attention...)
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 20:34:46 GMT
- Organization: Colorado Springs IT Center
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- glp@fig.citib.com (Greg Parkinson) writes:
- > I don't understand it, but I don't understand fundamentalist
- > Xtian hate, either. The point is not why it happens, the point is that
- > it does happen. Why do the Armed Forces kick out their top performers
- > *just* because they are gay?
-
- To be honest, I'm not sure about the military thing; I've seen
- good arguments for both sides. I see the military as a special
- case, that is not likely to be resolved until the issue is
- resolved furthur in society as a whole.
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- One thing I would like to understand better: why do you think
- people *do* discriminate against gays? What is the motivation?
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- Walter
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