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- From: mike@gordian.com (Michael A. Thomas)
- Subject: Re: Compensation for Gays Ousted from Government Employ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.213633.12065@gordian.com>
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- Organization: Gordian; Costa Mesa, CA
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:36:33 GMT
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- In article <1ee61lINNt7@talon.UCS.ORST.EDU>, Monte Olsen <olsenm@ccmail.orst.edu> writes:
- > BTW, I honestly don't know whether the change is a good or
- > not. One person brought up the question of how to protect
- > openly gay people in the armed services from people who
- > don't want them there. There are many issues, mainly
- > relating to peoples' perceptions and feelings, that need
- > to be addressed if there is to be a policy change.
-
- Howsabout we treat them like big boys and girls and let
- them make their own determination about their safety. Also
- howsabout we not take harassment and violence lightly in
- the armed forces. It seems after Tailhook, this latter
- point needs a bit of consideration irrespective of Gay
- people in the military.
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- Michael Thomas (mike@gordian.com)
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