Homosexuals in the Military
The big question today in Homosexuals rights struggles with the right to be a part of our country's Military Forces. The Homosexual fight with our Nation's Armed Forces has been acquiring damage and rapid blows for over 60 years now. While the issue of homosexuals in the military has only lately become a point of great public debate, it is not a new issue; it derives its roots from the time of the military's beginning. George Washington, the nation's first Commander-in-Chief, held a strong opinion on this subject and gave a clear testimonial of his views on it in his general orders for March 14, 1778:
"At a General Court Martial whereof Colo. Tupper was President (10th March 1778), Lieutt. Enslin of Colo. Malcom's Regiment [was] tried for attempting to commit sodomy, with John Monhort a soldier; Secondly, For Perjury in swearing to false accounts, [he was] found guilty of the charges exhibited against him, being breaches of 5th. Article 18th.......
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