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Gomes told the Observer that his book will deal partially with homosexuality. The minister said he will also try to expand on strict interpretations of the Bible favored by what he calls "religious fundamentalists...
...define what one official called a "zone of privacy" for gay servicemen and -women. But the military's chief congressional ally, Armed Services chairman Senator Sam Nunn, was taking no chances. Ending his truce with the White House, Nunn announced that he would introduce legislation to codify a strict interpretation of "Don't ask, don't tell" -- one that would preserve the policy that declares "Homosexuality is incompatible with military service...
...unresolved. The first question adoption agencies ask birth mothers is whether the baby's father will consent to giving up the child. If the mother doesn't know, some agencies will refuse the case in order to avoid possible court battles. Private adoptions such as the DeBoers' are less strict. More of these may be in jeopardy, says Mary Beth Seader, vice president of the National Council for Adoption in Washington, if putative fathers return at some point to challenge the adoptions...
...alternatively but have firm morals -- a buddy of his at the concert leaves for his two-year Mormon mission in a week. Lis Calder, 22, says the Utah alternative-music scene is a reaction to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: "I was raised in a strict Mormon family. My aunt thinks there's an evil spirit surrounding rock music and if I listen to it I'll never find a husband...
...will not, in fact, be easy for the commission to change Aspin's hit list, which could be bad news for Charleston. The criteria to be applied are strict, beginning with the military value of the bases to be closed, going on to potential costs and savings and ending with the impact on local communities. The military services have supplied the commission with hundreds of pages of analysis and projections. Aspin says his base-closing plan will save $3.1 billion annually beginning in the year 2000, while eliminating 57,000 civilian jobs...