Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What they did not expect was a direct confrontation with some very vocal gayrights activists, including one who said he had been forced to leave ROTC at Notre Dame because he is gay...
...when council member John E. McDermott '92 called Hornstein's bluff and did propose an amendment making ROTC's return contingent on the repeal of its anti-gay policies, Hornstein stood by the pro-ROTC line...
...Undergraduate Council as a legitimate attempt to support those who participate in ROTC. The proposal was not an attempt to create a showdown over homosexual rights. I am disheartened that some people seem determined to turn this issue into a conflict between supporters of ROTC and supporters of the gay and lesbian community. The coverage of this issue so far seems to equate ROTC with homophobia. Please do not confuse the policies of the United States government and the senior military leadership with the personal convictions of those who participate in ROTC...
ROTC and the U.S. military discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, openly denying admission to the gay and lesbian community. The military has the right and has used the right to prosecute and incarcerate officers discovered to be gay...
...would hope and guess that if it were African-Americans or handicapped people or senior citizens or Hispanic people receiving such treatment, the [council] wouldn't tolerate the institution one bit," said Joseph H. Cice '88-89, co-chair of the Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Students Association (BGLSA). "Why not with lesbians and gay...