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- From: owen@autodesk.com (D. Owen Rowley)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Clinton may not issue Executive Order
- Message-ID: <18446@autodesk.COM>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 21:43:40 GMT
- References: <15469.2b556b5d@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1993Jan21.145816.9913@dvorak.amd.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.145816.9913@dvorak.amd.com>, tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett) writes:
- > In article<1993Jan21.051559.17154@ads.com>henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:
- > >rwhite@jagat.uucp (Robert White) wrote:
- > >->Aparently Clinton (any president)
- > >->can not touch the Uniform Code of Military (in)Justice, where sodomy
- > >->will still be listed as a crime
- > >changing the UCMJ requires an Act of Congress. no big deal.
-
- > Well it is such a big deal if they can't even recognize that even just
- > our basic human and Constituitional rights are being trampled on and
- > need protecting. The mentality is, of course, that since we
- > supposedly do something different in the bedroom (we all know that we
- > don't do anything different... other than maybe a different sex
- > partner than a het)
-
- Don't forget the difference between the average amount of time :-)
-
- > we forfit all of our human and constitutional
- > rights...NOT!
-
- I think it's because ir-rationally based bigotry relys on the
- de-humanisation of the target in order to over come its ir-rationality.
-
- They are human, we are other.
- Therefore we do not really deserve the same rights as they.
-
- > I heard on the Today show that "conduct" will play an important role
- > in the exec order that Clinton WILL put into place ASAP. I am hoping
- > that it Immediately stops the millions spent in the witch-hunts, and
- > starts the process to fully accept and recognize gays and lesbians in
- > the military. I think that the word "conduct" will come in to play to
- > remove any doubt that this order DOES NOT excuse any act which is
- > currently covered in the UCMJ, especially sexual misconduct while on
- > duty and while on base (something the hets need to remember!).
-
- well, heterosexuals are charged and convicted of sexual fraternisation.
- However I suspect it is selectively enforced. the next step after
- the coming reforms will be to make sure that the behavior staututes are
- applied fairly and without prejudice.
-
-
- LUX ./. owen
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- D. Owen Rowley {uunet,fernwood,sun}!autodesk!owen, owen@autodesk.com
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