To Ask or not to Ask...To Tell or not to Tell
To Ask or not to Ask...To Tell or not to Tell
There are more than 1.3 million men and women who are currently on active duty in America's armed forces. Of these 1.3 million soldiers, not one can be discharged due to gender or ethnicity. No. It would seem that discrimination can't and won't play a factor in someone's willingness to serve this country. It is however, still allowable to discharge or refuse enlistment to any openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transsexual person. Why is this? Is it because they are less equipped to serve compared to heterosexuals? No. Is it because other service men and women refuse to serve alongside gays and lesbians? No. It's because Congress believes ...
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women for his book entitled, Coming Out under Fire. In order to obtain a wide variety of diverse feedback, Berude's interviewers included whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians, as well as people from a multitude of backgrounds. This diverse group of people was made possible mostly in part to the sheer need for bodies during the war. "It was during this time that homosexual acts were considered a crime that merited immediate discharge, and gave way to the theory that homosexuality was an illness." (Berude 36) At the same time however, the need for recruits was immense, which created an uncertain place for those gay and lesbian men and women who were there. These injustices continue with no resolve until the late 70's when a new theory arose which focused on essentialism, or whether or not someone is actually born gay.
The next major war to hit the United States after WWII was in Vietnam. With over 7 million U.S men and women called again to serve in Vietnam, gays and lesbians ...
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see how this information can be factual, when the Department of Defense won't release the study stating this. In actuality, many scholars in the 80's such as Lawrence Murphy, believed that organizational theory, which indicates that "performance depends on task cohesion or a shared commitment to group objectives, is more important than social cohesion which only displays emotional bonds. Nevertheless, the policy brought about much public scrutiny and it actually became one of the big political issues in the 1992 Presidential election." After Bill Clinton won the presidency, Congress rushed to enact the existing gay ban policy into federal law."(NYT Editors) By enacting the policy, ...
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