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- From: lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Laurie Mann)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Congressional Contacts on Military Unban?
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 13:19:38 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
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- References: <1993Jan26.102435.16369@macc.wisc.edu>
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- Jess Anderson writes
- >I was thoroughly pissed yesterday that Sam Nunn got on TV
- >and said no more than 30 Senators would support changes in
- >the law to support unbanning us in the military.
-
- Unfortunately, he may well be correct. The old boys network and all.
- Geesh.
-
- >I want to know who all the just-elected people are.
-
- My newly-elected Congressman is Peter Blute of Massachusetts. Unfortunately,
- he is somewhere to the right of Dan Quayle. I wrote to him a few years ago
- when he was my state rep, expressing my support for the Mass Gay Rights Bill
- (which finally PASSED after 17 years of trying). He never answered me. I
- wrote to him today about lifting the ban, but I suspect he is a lost cause.
-
- >*Massive* but not hysterical response is needed
- >*immediately* to serve notice that we are here and we are
- >watching and we expect some real leadership on the issue in
- >the elected bodies.
-
- I think this is VERY important. I've written to Nunn, Blute, Clinton & Aspin
- today. We should all keep writing and keep the pressure on. But don't fall
- into the politics of hysteria---let the other side keep doing that.
-
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