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- From: dperl@bnr.ca (Dan Perl)
- Newsgroups: alt.personals
- Subject: Re: Gays in the Military
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.232016.17064@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 23:20:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.114103.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.114103.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>, tegarr01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
- |> I was wondering.....how do the people feel about Gays in the Military? I mean
- |> I have my views about the issue but, I was wondering what others think.
- |>
- |> Teg
-
- Funny, we were just wondering what you think! What I mean is, shouldn't you
- say first what you think about it before asking us? But anyway, here is my
- opinion.
-
- Here are some of the problems I see arising. How would a heterosexual male
- feel about sharing the showers with a homosexual? How would a homosexual feel
- about it? Would there be punishments for gays harassing men? Would the gays
- be safe, considering that homophobia is pretty strong in the military?
-
- The bottom line is: the military's purpose is defence. Would its efficiency
- be affected by admitting gays, because of the problems this would generate?
- Can a country take such a risk with its defence system?
-
- Basically, I agree that gays should be admitted in the military. There is
- even a precedent since women are admitted. But that's an idealistic measure,
- and I can see the point of those who oppose it. And maybe the world is just
- not ready for this yet. Maybe other changes have to come first to prepare
- our society for it.
-
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