As if the U.S. military that brought you the Tailhook scandal, that turned prostitution into the growth industry of several Asian countries, was a model of gentlemanly behavior. He might have floated that issue during his first week as a test, to see just how he might ideologically disarm the right. He's used that lesson with his budget speeches, which he delivered like a good ol' preacher exhorting the faithful to feel not the ecstasy of Baptist togetherness but the righteousness of Calvinist self-denial. With a few deft moves, Clinton reversed the socio-moral compass of the past 20 years. In the '80s, you had the radical conservatives vs. the conservative radicals.
Gays are a lot more like everybody else than gays or straights want to admit.
Still, soldiers are about the most ordinary people you'll meet, having been socialized to be parts of a machine. And ordinary people, people with bad haircuts and clumsy dance moves, can be just as homosexual as any drag queen or lesbian folksinger. Nite Live, is a Spokane native and UW drama grad. Please accept my sincere apologies as well as my sincere thanks for your original participation. These days, you've gotta watch your language more carefully in bohemia than in church.