Should Gays and Lesbians be allowed in the military? COM/215 Essentials of College Writing February 28 2011 Government Policy During the 1992 presidential campaign the previous Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton addressed the issue of gays in the military. “It became one of the first issues Clinton tackled as President‚ but when the White House attempt to unilaterally repeal the ban stumbled‚ Congress passed a law to keep openly gay men and women from serving” (Webley‚ 2010‚ p. 1). On September
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Gays In the Military Very often political institutions reflect the will of society and set the precedent for norms that will be expected of its members. The United States Military is still enforcing archaic policies which threaten to harm the principles our nation was founded upon. The principles of freedom and equality are those that every American holds closest to their heart‚ that is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case
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Steven Danielson Gays in the Military A hot topic in the news these days is whether gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military. Many issues have arisen from allowing or not allowing gays to serve openly. Those opposed are concerned that gays would cause a break down in unit cohesion‚ a rise in assaults or violence‚ a drop in recruitment or retention‚ and feel that since America is currently fighting two wars that right now is not a good time to implement a new policy when it
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The United States military should encourage the fact that gays can now openly serve for their country. Gay Americans were not always encouraged to join the U.S. military. In the past‚ gays were not even allowed to sign up to fight for their country because America made it illegal. Even though this is wrong‚ people would often use it to their advantage to get out of a draft for war. The United States military up until not to long ago‚ had a policy of don’t ask don’t tell. Sexual orientation should
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who serve in the military have been restricted in the DADT policy but with the repeal of that policy and the support of the public gay rights in the military will evolve to equality for all. Among the struggles that gays faced such as hiding oneself‚ lacking support and the risk of losing their job were the main reasons for activist reform in this movement. Although with DOMA (1996) still in action it may take a while longer for same sex mirages to be recognized within the military‚ but I do feel that
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"Gays in the Military‚ is it right"? For nearly 50 years‚ it has been the U.S. military’s official policy to exclude homosexuals from service. In November 1992‚ President - elect Clinton told Americans that he planned to lift the military’s long - standing ban on gays and lesbians. Homosexual men and women‚ he said‚ should not be prevented from serving their country based on their sexual orientation. Soon after taking office in 1993‚ Clinton faced powerful military and congressional opposition
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tell” policy that was put in place in 1993 by congress under President Clinton‚ in which gays are allowed to serve in the military as long as they do not disclose their sexual orientation. Recently‚ Obama has made good on his promise of “change”‚ and brought the debate on whether or not to repeal the DADT policy to congress and it is currently under review. If the policy is repealed‚ it would allow for gays to serve openly in the armed forces; which means that not only could they freely disclose
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Panida Sukthet 5480706 EC 3 (Section 3) Aj. James Whitlam Persuasive Speech II Outline Topic: Gay should be allowed to serve openly in military. General Purpose: to persuade Specific Purpose: to persuade my audience that we should allowed gay in military because not only straight that have enough potential to serve openly in military Central Idea: Many people in US disagree that president Obama will allow homosexual serving openly in uniform; however‚ every should have their rights
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think we can agree things have change. For better or worse‚ that’s up for debate. Let’s first talk about the policy that the military had on gays during the Revolutionary War all the way up to the present. Believe it or not‚ there were gays in the military during the revolutionary war‚ but hardly any of the soldiers ever admitted to being gay or committed homosexual activities such as sodomy due to it being forbidden and in many instances‚ was penalized severely. It was literally a
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Jack Conkling‚ Kansas Teacher‚ Writes On Facebook That Being Gay Is ’The Same As Murder’ Jack Conkling‚ a Prairie Hills Middle School social studies teacher and Buhler High School assistant women’s basketball coach in Buhler‚ Kan.‚ is under fire afterequating being gay to being a murderer on his Facebook profile‚ the Hutchinson Newsreports. In his post‚ Conkling comments on gay marriage‚ writing that homosexuality "ranks in God’s eyes the same as murder‚ lying‚ stealing‚ or cheating." According
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