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- From: johne@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (John Eaton)
- Subject: Re: Some thoughts on the issue of gays in the military.
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:23:15 GMT
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- David Waddell (dwaddell@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com) wrote:
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- : The whole issue looks like what happened when the military was ordered to
- : intergrate Black soldiers into all white units. There were cries of "loss of
- : moral", "loss of effectiveness", "unknown consequences", etc. It is a fact
- : that homosexual soldiers have served in every army of every nation since the
- : beginning of recorded history(and further back). These soldiers have fought
- : and died along side their comrades for all of the reasons that a man or
- : woman decides to serve in the military.
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- A better analogy would be the intregration of women into the armed services.
- The current situation can best be described as "Seperate but Equal". Men and
- woman may work, train and fight together but they do not sleep, shower or sh*t
- together. The biggest reason why women have not achieved full parity in the
- Navy is the inability of the Navy to house women on combat ships.
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- The military is not a 9 to 5 job. The problem with gays has nothing to do
- with working together and everything to do with living together. In the
- military you are forced into living in close quarters with the people
- you work with. The reason we have seperate male and female quarters is that
- there is a basic sexual attraction between men and women and we will not
- force anyone to expose themselves to someone who lusts after their body.
-
- Lifting the gay ban would be equivalent to ordering the military to cease
- the seperate but equal housing and only have unisex barracks and heads.
- Unless you could come up with seperate living quarters you will have a
- disaster on your hands.
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- Imagine how Mr. Clinton would feel if we made "First Lady" an elected position
- and elected a gay male to replace Hillary?
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- John Eaton
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