From: aaronm@ccmail.orst.edu (Mithran Aaron)
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Subject: !!! Re: PHOBE ALERT:  Clinton's e-mail address
Date: 18 Dec 92 05:41:30 GMT
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In article <1992Dec17.174730.3285@draco.macsch.com> Bryan <bjb@macsch.com> writes:
>From: Bryan <bjb@macsch.com>
>Subject: PHOBE ALERT:  Clinton Faces Firestorm on Military Issue
>Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 17:47:30 GMT
>                                 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.
>
>To receive your monthly issue of Washington Watch, call
>1-800-232-6459 (1-800-A-FAMILY).
>
>Family Research Council is a spin-off group of the Colorado
>Springs based Focus on the Family.
>
>The head of Washington Watch is David Bauer.  The head of
>Focus on the Family is James Dobson.


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