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First, let me state that I am not a homosexual. As a law abiding-tax paying citizen like everybody else I just so happen to believe that no one; know matter of their sexual orientation, race, creed, national origin, or belief should have there rights as a United States citizen infringed upon. I believe that a person's sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they can perform correctly in the military.

As we all know, sexual orientation has no place in the work place. So why should it have a place in our military? Let's all think back to a well known motto of not only the military and the police force as well in every state. That motto is "To Protect and Serve". So why does the fact that a person is gay or is a lesbian hinder them from doing their job of protecting our country in the military? Why is it that in other countries besides the United States that homosexuals are allowed to serve openly in the military? Many of these countries are allies to the United States. Let's go back in history and discover when homosexuals first existed in the military.

It was thought that our first Commander in Chief George Washington was gay (as stated in the prologue of the book by Randy Stilts titled "Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in The U. S. Military"). As we all know, this was not mentioned in the history books. Although during the first American Revolution known as the Revolutionary War where our newly founded country was fighting for its independence from Great Britain it was Benjamin Franklin that went to Paris to solicit the assistance of one Baron Frederich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben to train our great nation's first military. And it was Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin on March 11, 1778 that became the first soldier dismissed from the U. S. military for homosexuality. Since then there where countless gay men and lesbians serving in our military whom served with nothing less than a stellar performance that did not receive the type of notoriety that they should have received for their services. Such persons as Tom Dooley, Jess Jessop, Danny Flaherty, and Captain Jerry Rosanbalm to name a few whom all they wanted was an honorable discharge from the military which they rightly deserved for the exemplary service that they have provided to our country which they had never received. Why is it that the United States sees fit to abide by its rules for homosexuals in the military when it sees fit

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