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- From: buckmr@vccsouth16.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: "No Wavering on Gay Soldiers"
- Message-ID: <=5j3jfh@rpi.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 18:46:03 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.160714.12733@PacBell.COM>
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- rjwill6@pbsdts.sdcrc.pacbell.com (Rod Williams) writes:
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-
- >Yesterday's (01/20/93 -- Inauguration Day) New York Times
- >ran this editorial, reprinted here without permission...
-
- > ---------------------------------------------------
-
- >In the heat of the campaign, Bill Clinton pledged to issue
- >an executive order to repeal the ban on gay men and lesbians
- >in the military services. The pledge was not made lightly.
- >Mr. Clinton was courting the votes and contributions of
- >homosexuals -- and the approbation of all fair-minded
- >Americans distressed at discrimination and gay-bashing in
- >all areas of society.
-
-
- >But a contentious civil rights issue like this is not
- >appropriate for buck-passing. If social change is to occur
- >against widespread opposition, it is best ordered from the
- >very top, carrying the weight and moral authority of the
- >Presidency.
-
- >Mr. Clinton needs to proceed with his original plan to issue
- >an executive order. He could lift the ban on homosexuals
- >immediately while granting the military time to devise new
- >policies, if needed, governing housing, gay social clubs,
- >dependents' benefits and other issues.
-
- Cool beans! But I'm STILL curious about whether the Executive Order will cover
- anything else but the Armed Forces? I mean, the FBI and CIA still discriminate,
- don't they?
-
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- RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735. "See YOU in D.C. 4/25/93"
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