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To: i-node who wrote (166803)	4/7/2003 9:16:41 AM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1579866

10 year old homophobic horseshit...where's the damage today in Afghanistan and Iraq? Al ============================== ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 202001Z JUL 93 ZYB FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//CDC// TO ALMAR XMT AMCONSUL BRAZZAVILLE CF UNCLAS //NOOOOO// MSGID/GENADMIN// SUBJ/POLICY ON HOMOSEXUALS IN THE ARMED FORCES// RMKS/1. ON 19 JUL 93, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION ON A POLICY FOR HOMOSEXUALS IN THE ARMED FORCES. THE POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON 1 OCT 93. THE POLICY WILL PRESERVE GOOD ORDER, DISCIPLINE, AND COHESION IN OUR MARINE CORPS WHILE ENSURING THAT PERSONS WHOSE BEHAVIOR IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE ARMED FORCES CAN SERVE, WHILE THOSE WHOSE IS NOT WILL BE SEPARATED. IT IS A SOUND POLICY, AND IT REFLECTS A COURAGEOUS DECISION BY OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF. THE PRESIDENT SOUGHT, AND WAS GIVEN, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE THOSE IN UNIFORM COULD OFFER; WEIGHED IT; AND MADE A DECISION IN THE BEST INTEREST OF MAINTAINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 2. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE NEW POLICY ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. THE DOD HAS LONG HELD, AS A GENERAL RULE, THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH MILITARY SERVICE. EVEN SO, WE RECOGNIZE THAT HOMOSEXUALS HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, SOMETIMES WITH DISTINCTION -- NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE HOMOSEXUALS, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO CONFORM THEIR BEHAVIOR TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF MILITARY SERVICE. B. SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DEFINED AS A SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO INDIVIDUALS OF A PARTICULAR SEX, EITHER OPPOSITE OR SAME, IS A PRIVATE MATTER, AND IS NOT A BAR TO SERVICE ENTRY OR CONTINUED SERVICE UNLESS MANIFESTED BY HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT. C. SERVICE MEMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISCHARGED FOR HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY, HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT IS: (1) A HOMOSEXUAL ACT, OR (2) A STATEMENT BY A SERVICE MEMBER THAT HE OR SHE IS A HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL, OR (3) A HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE OR ATTEMPTED HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE. D. COMMANDERS AND INVESTIGATING AGENCIES WILL NOT INITIATE INQUIRIES OR INVESTIGATIONS SOLELY TO DETERMINE A SERVICE MEMBER'S SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NOR WILL MEMBERS BE REQUIRED TO REVEAL THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. COMMANDERS WILL, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO INITIATE INQUIRIES OR INVESTIGATIONS WHEN THERE IS CREDIBLE INFORMATION THAT A BASIS FOR DISCHARGE OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION EXISTS. 3. IT IS NOW TIME TO GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS POLICY. AS I TOLD YOU ON 29 JAN 93, THE MARINE CORPS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MARINES AND WE WILL TREAT ALL MARINES WITH FIRMNESS, FAIRNESS AND HUMAN DIGNITY. THOSE WHO FIRST AND FOREMOST DESIRE TO BE MARINES WILL HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO UNDER THE NEW POLICY. 4. SEMPER FIDELIS, MARINES. GEN C. E. MUNDY, JR., COMMANDANT.// BT