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- From: dv52151@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (RedSwordTarga)
- Subject: Re: Gays in the Military
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:49:58 GMT
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- Dan Pike <dpike@oavax.csuchico.edu> writes:
-
-
- >And what powerful military forces they are.
-
- *grin* Okay, but that doesn't change the essential issue. After all,
- they haven't run the rest of their countries into the ground to have
- a huge military the way we do.
-
- > The military is an
- >institution of camaraderie. I think you would somewhat lose this
- >camaraderie if you acknowledged homosexuals in the military.
-
- No, not really. After all, how long have people of color been allowed
- to be in the military? Quite a while, and race relations still suck
- month old eggs through a garden hose. Camaraderie doesn't mean you
- have to kiss everyone else or even like everyone else, it just means
- you have to work with them.
-
- > Working
- >with a homosexual is one thing. Living with one is something different.
- >Having been in the Army, I would say the only way to allow gays in the
- >military would be to provide separate housing, which would be kind-of
- >hard to do in a time of war.
-
- Oh, get real. "Allow gays in the military"? Hell, they are there already
- and everyone knows it. All that allowing homosexuals in the military would
- do is legitimize what's already going on. You've probably lived with
- more homosexuals than you have any idea about.
-
- Axly
-