_
      National
      guard.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1992
      (Canada)
      Ban
      on
      Homosexuals
      in
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      military
      is
      dropped.
     
    

    
     
      1993
      President
      Clinton
      directs
      the
      Pentagon
      to
     
     
      stop
      enforcing
      the
      ban
      on
      gays
      and
      lesbians.
     
     
      Federal
      district
      court
      judge
      Terry
      Hatter
      Jr.
     
     
      rules
      in
      Los
      Angeles
      that
      the
      military
      ban
      is
     
     
      unconstitutional.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      true
      there
      is
      a
      force
      working
      against
      the
     
     
      ope,
      introduction
      of
      gay
      and
      lesbian
      service
      in
     
     
      the
      military.
      This
      force
      is
      made
      up
      of
      people
     
     
      who
      would
      have
      us
      believe
      that
      such
      an
      intro-
     
     
      duction
      would
      undermine
      the
      morale
      of
      the
     
     
      armed
      forces,
      damaging
      trust
      between
      mem-
     
     
      bers
      of
      combat
      units,
      thereby
      jeopardizing
      com-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bat
      readiness,
      increasing
      the
      incidence
      of
      Aids
     
    
   
   
    
     
      in
      the
      armed
      forces,
      and
      prompting
      devoutly
     
     
      religious
      service
      personnel
      to
      resign
      and
      deter
     
     
      prospective
      recruits
      from
      joining.
      Those
      who
     
     
      would
      be
      combatting
      this
      force
      believe
      there
     
     
      would
      be
      increased
      military
      efficiency
      and
     
     
      higher
      quality
      in
      the
      armed
      forces,
      saving
      tax
     
     
      dollars
      by
      eliminating
      costly
      witch-hunts
      for
     
     
      gays
      and
      lesbian
      services
      personnel,
      reducing
     
     
      the
      incidence
      of
      sexually
      transmitted
      diseases
     
     
      and
      sexual
      harassment
      in
      the
      armed
      forces
      by
     
     
      encouraging
      open
      discussion
      of
      sexuality
      and
     
     
      bringing
      the
      U.S.
      military
      into
      line
      with
      the
     
     
      armed
      forces
      of
      most
      NATO
      member
      nations,
     
     
      which
      do
      not
      bar
      gays
      and
      lesbians
      from
      serv-
     
     
      ing.
     
    

    
     
      For
      a
      long
      time
      many
      gay
      and
      lesbians
     
     
      have
      been
      serving
      in
      the
      armed
      forces
      “‘
      giving
     
     
      their
      all’’
      for
      the
      protection
      of
      their
      country.
     
     
      They,
      like
      every
      other
      soldier
      therein,
      were
     
     
      willing
      to
      sacrifice
      their
      lives
      for
      the
      defense
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      their
      country.
      It
      is
      high
      time
      that
      these
      people,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      like
      every
      other
      soldier
      therein,
      receive
      the
     
     
      treatment
      and
      respect
      they
      so
      greatly
      deserved!!
     
     
      They
      had
      to
      live
      their
      lives,
      in
      the
      shadows,
      in
     
     
      the
      fear
      of
      being
      outed
      to
      their
      superiors,
      know-
     
     
      ing
      at
      any
      moment
      they
      may
      have
      been
      sub-
     
     
      jected
      to
      discharge,
      for
      no
      other
      reason
      accept
     
     
      sexual
      orientation.
      The
      stress
      this
      hiding
      had
      to
     
     
      cause
      these
      persons
      must
      have
      had
      an
      effect
      on
     
     
      their
      ability
      to
      work
      in
      the
      army.
      The
      President
     
     
      of
      the
      United
      States,
      Bill
      Clinton,
      may
      be
      mov-
     
     
      ing
      down
      the
      road
      to
      giving
      these
      members
      of
     
     
      society
      the
      equal
      treatment
      they
      so
      greatly
     
     
      deserved.
      In
      the
      near
      future
      many
      of
      these
     
     
      people
      will
      be
      able
      to
      serve
      their
      country
      with
     
     
      dignity
      and
      honor
      knowing
      when
      they
      leave
     
     
      their
      service
      that
      the
      people
      they
      defended
      will
     
     
      be
      proud
      to
      welcome
      them
      back
      to
      civilian
      life.
     
     
      Like
      the
      battle
      for
      desegregation
      of
      the
     
     
      armed
      forces
      in
      1948
      by
      the
      President
      of
      the
     
     
      day,
      Harry
      S.
      Truman,
      the
      year
      of
      1993
      will
      go
     
     
      down
      in
      history
      as
      the
      year
      a
      young
      Arkansas
     
     
      Governor
      Bill
      Clinton
      did
      the
      impossible,
      and,
     
     
      by
      executive
      order,
      eliminated
      the
      final
      act
      of
     
     
      “‘open’’
      prejudice
      from
      the
      Armed
      forces.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Bill
      Clinton:
      ‘The
      issue
      is
      not
      whether
     
     
      there
      should
      be
      homosexuals
      in
      the
     
     
      military.
      Everyone
      concedes
      that
      there
     
     
      are.
      The
      issue
      is
      whether
      the
      men
      and
     
     
      the
      women
      who
      can
      and
      have
      served
     
     
      with
      real
      distinction
      should
      be
      excluded
     
     
      from
      military
      service
      solely
      on
      the
      basis
     
     
      of
      their
      status.
      And
      I
      believe
      they
     
     
      should
      not.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Of
      course
      this
      executive
      order
      will
      only
     
    
   
   
    
     
      deter
      military
      personnel
      from
      discriminating
     
     
      against
      homosexuals
      on
      the
      job
      and
      will
      not
     
     
      deter
      discrimination
      after
      these
      homosexuals
     
     
      leave
      their
      military
      service.
      As
      we
      have
      heard
     
     
      in
      the
      past
      few
      months
      discrimination
      of
      mili-
     
     
      tary
      personnel
      towards
      homosexuals
      has
      taken
     
     
      a
      harsher
      course
      with
      the
      murder
      of
      a
      homo-
     
     
      sexual
      military
      officer
      in
      Japan
      by
      lynch
      beat-
     
     
      ing
      and
      the
      physical
      abuse
      of
      a
      civilian
      by
     
     
      military
      personnel
      in
      January
      1993
      in
      South
     
     
      Carolina.
      There
      seems
      to
      be
      a
      heightened
      risk
     
     
      for
      homosexuals
      whether
      they
      are
      in
      the
      mili-
     
     
      tary
      or
      not.
      This
      heightened
      risk
      will
      decrease
     
     
      over
      time
      when
      more
      liberal
      executive
      orders
     
     
      are
      initiated.
      In
      1948
      there
      was
      a
      revolt
      after
      the
     
     
      President
      initiated
      an
      executive
      order
      dropping
     
     
      the
      ban
      on
      Blacks
      in
      the
      military.
      This
      revolt
     
     
      lessened
      over
      the
      years
      and
      a
      much
      greater
     
     
      tolerance
      was
      developed
      towards
      the
      blacks
      in
     
     
      the
      military.
      It
      is
      by
      this
      example
      that
      homo-
     
     
      sexuals
      may
      learn
      from
      the
      black
      issue
      of
      toler-
     
     
      ance.
      There
      are
      a
      few
      people
      who
      would
      have
     
     
      liked
      to
      keep
      the
      old
      military
      rule
      as
      it
      was.
     
     
      These
      people
      are
      harming
      society
      in
      restricting
     
     
      the
      rights
      of
      citizens
      who
      should
      be
      treated
     
     
      equally
      under
      the
      law.
      It
      will
      take
      generations
     
     
      of
      families
      living
      under
      this
      new
      executive
     
     
      order
      to
      become
      tolerant
      of
      the
      idea
      of
      open
     
     
      homosexuality
      in
      the
      military,
      but
      I
      believe
     
     
      only
      time
      will
      tell.
     
    

    
     
      P.S.
      We
      can
      no
      longer
      allow
      our
      military
     
     
      organizations
      to
      be
      used
      to
      defend
      society
      from
     
     
      society
      itself.
      Our
      military
      organizations
      can-
     
     
      not
      be
      wasted
      on
      the
      moral
      crusades
      of
      the
      few.
     
     
      It
      must
      represent,
      to
      the
      world,
      the
      tolerance
      in
     
     
      society
      it
      was
      created
      to
      defend.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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