The United States military should encourage the fact that gays can now openly serve for their country. Gay Americans were not always encouraged to join the U.S. military. In the past‚ gays were not even allowed to sign up to fight for their country because America made it illegal. Even though this is wrong‚ people would often use it to their advantage to get out of a draft for war. The United States military up until not to long ago‚ had a policy of don’t ask don’t tell. Sexual orientation should
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Should Gays and Lesbians be allowed in the military? COM/215 Essentials of College Writing February 28 2011 Government Policy During the 1992 presidential campaign the previous Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton addressed the issue of gays in the military. “It became one of the first issues Clinton tackled as President‚ but when the White House attempt to unilaterally repeal the ban stumbled‚ Congress passed a law to keep openly gay men and women from serving” (Webley‚ 2010‚ p. 1). On September
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Gays In the Military Very often political institutions reflect the will of society and set the precedent for norms that will be expected of its members. The United States Military is still enforcing archaic policies which threaten to harm the principles our nation was founded upon. The principles of freedom and equality are those that every American holds closest to their heart‚ that is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case
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Steven Danielson Gays in the Military A hot topic in the news these days is whether gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military. Many issues have arisen from allowing or not allowing gays to serve openly. Those opposed are concerned that gays would cause a break down in unit cohesion‚ a rise in assaults or violence‚ a drop in recruitment or retention‚ and feel that since America is currently fighting two wars that right now is not a good time to implement a new policy when it
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"Gays in the Military‚ is it right"? For nearly 50 years‚ it has been the U.S. military’s official policy to exclude homosexuals from service. In November 1992‚ President - elect Clinton told Americans that he planned to lift the military’s long - standing ban on gays and lesbians. Homosexual men and women‚ he said‚ should not be prevented from serving their country based on their sexual orientation. Soon after taking office in 1993‚ Clinton faced powerful military and congressional opposition
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tell” policy that was put in place in 1993 by congress under President Clinton‚ in which gays are allowed to serve in the military as long as they do not disclose their sexual orientation. Recently‚ Obama has made good on his promise of “change”‚ and brought the debate on whether or not to repeal the DADT policy to congress and it is currently under review. If the policy is repealed‚ it would allow for gays to serve openly in the armed forces; which means that not only could they freely disclose
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Wesley King Grammar and Composition lesson 75 Argumentative Essay on Gay Marriage Marriage is the ceremonial binding of two people‚ male and female‚ into one couple. Historically‚ marriage has been the institution when a man and a woman join together with the promise of love‚ devotion‚ to always stay together‚ to be there for each other‚ to take care of one another and to start a family together. Biblically‚ marriage has been all the aspects above‚ but including honoring
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Argumentative Essay: Should Gay Marriage be Legalized? Gay marriage has been a critical topic in many countries since 1924. Around the year 2000‚ countries such as America and the UK started approving gay marriages‚ although not everyone agreed with this decision. Still in 2013‚ homosexuals are fighting for their right to get married to someone of their same sex. People against gay marriage feel that if it was to be legalized‚ the importance of marriage would fade away and some people would
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Running Head: GAY AND LESBIAN ADOPTION Gay and Lesbian Adoption Argumentative Emily Stroud School Abstract Lesbian and gay adoption has been widely controversial across the globe. This social issue is tremendously discussed by religious‚ political and social groups which have been providing numerous statistics‚ figures and major researches on the effects of same sex couples to the mental and emotional growth of children
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who serve in the military have been restricted in the DADT policy but with the repeal of that policy and the support of the public gay rights in the military will evolve to equality for all. Among the struggles that gays faced such as hiding oneself‚ lacking support and the risk of losing their job were the main reasons for activist reform in this movement. Although with DOMA (1996) still in action it may take a while longer for same sex mirages to be recognized within the military‚ but I do feel that
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