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Subject: PHOBE ALERT:  Clinton Faces Firestorm on Military Issue
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                                 MINEFIELD!

          --  CLINTON FACES FIRESTORM ON GAYS IN THE MILITARY --


                 From Washington Watch, published by the
                        Family Research Council.

                   Volume 4, Number 3, Front Page:

NEWSWEEK calls it a "minefield."  Columnist Ben Wattenberg says it's "a 
ticking time bomb."  And Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.) says 
it "could blow the lid off the Capitol Dome."  But President-elect Bill 
Clinton's plan to recruit homosexuals for the military is hurtling 
ahead.

RADICAL GOALS

     Lifting the military b an is a chief demand of radical homosexuals.  
They will force re-education programs on the military.  They are 
demanding an end to the military's highly successful HIV testing 
program.  "Someone's HIV status shouldn't be a determining factor for a 
job, and the military is a job," said Daniel T. Bross of the AIDS Action 
Council.

     If they win, gay militants will turn on the civilian sector 
demanding the right to marry, to adopt and to teach homosexuality in 
schools.  They will bully groups like the Boy Scouts into accepting 
homosexual men as role models for young boys.

DRIVEN TO DRAFT?

     Without the ban, America's young service men and women will be 
forced by law to share barracks and showers with homosexuals.  
Recruitment of young men and women for our All-Volunteer Force will 
suffer.  This could open the door to a draft--a dread possibility for an 
untested commander-in-chief who himself declined to serve.

     With much of the major media pressing for the change, here are some 
points to remember:

     * The press consistently MISSTATES the basis for discharge of 
homosexuals.  Pentagon figures show the overwhelming majority of 
discharged homosexuals have been discharged for sexual misconduct, not 
"orientation."  And while homosexual activists compare their cause to 
the integration of black Americans into the military, the Chairman of 
the Join Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin Powell, rejects this argument as 
"convenient but invalid."

     * A large number of homosexuals continue to risk death from AIDS 
and Hepatitis B.  According to recent surveys, high-risk sexual 
behaviors persists.  The Jewish War Veterans, in opposing Clinton's 
plan, noted that each military AIDS case costs the taxpayer $200,000, 
with $3 billion already spent.  If the ban is lifted, AIDS costs will 
rise as well.

     * Military families with children could face living next to openly 
homosexual couples in base "family" housing, and would have to compete 
with homosexuals for already overburdened medical services.

OPPOSITION BUILDING

     Because of these facts, opposition to Clinton's Veterans Day 
announcement is building.  Gen. Powell and Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), the 
powerful chairman of the Armed Services Committee, warned against quick 
action.  FRC joined a coalition of military, veterans and pro-family 
groups meeting Dec. 1 in Washington.  Chaired by retired Maj. Gen. Evan 
Hultman of the Reserve Officers Association, the group vowed to 
"educate" the new president and to persuade Congress to re-impose the 
ban.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

     * Write to President-elect Clinton.  Urge your family and friends 
to write, too.  Write:  Presidential Transition Office, 105 W. Capital 
Ave., Little Rock, Ark. 72201.

     * Write your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative.  Let 
them know you want them to publicly lead on this issue.  Write:  Hon. 
_______, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510 and Hon. 
_______, House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515.

     * Write your state governor.  He is the commander-in-chief of the 
state national Guard.  Urge him to publicly oppose lifting the ban.  
Write The Governor, The Capitol, State Capital. Your State.

     * Write your state legislators.  Emphasize the damage lifting the 
ban will do to your National Guard and the risk to college ROTC programs 
in your state.  Write:  Hon. _______, State Legislature, State Capital, 
Your State.

     * Contact the Adjunct General of your state National Guard.  Assure 
him of public support when he speaks out in opposition to lifting the 
ban.

     * Write to the editor of your local newspaper; call in to a radio 
talk show.  Include President-elect Clinton's address in your message.

     * Contribute financially to FRC as we enter this key battleground.

     * Share this issue with friends and relatives in the military.

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The head of Washington Watch is David Bauer.  The head of
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