The concerns about allowing homosexuals to serve in the military have been an ongoing source of social discord and dynamic social discourse. Homosexual soldiers have served honorably in the U.S. military for many years and as such have participated in most of the major conflicts and wars around the world, including the American Revolutionary War (Baker, 2010). The idea that these honorable men and women have had to be less than honest about their sexual orientation so that they would be allowed entry into the Armed Forces is telling and perhaps portend grave change. One of the contentions for the open expression of homosexuality is the Christian interpretation of the Bible and its denouncement of homosexuality as a sin as noted in Romans 1:24-27.
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It is essential that organizations ensure that customers and their employees do not feel excluded in any way, regardless of their ethnicity, physical abilities, gender or sexual orientation (Birkett, et al., 2009). One of the hottest topics in today’s society is the conflict between those who are homosexuals and the anti-gay prejudice surrounding them. Unfortunately, bias is not only a concern in the United States, but it is an ongoing controversy worldwide (Birkett, et al., 2009). Every day, the news is showing groups of people protesting with signs that say “God hates …show more content…
In 1778, Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin became the first documented service member to be released from the U.S. military for homosexuality. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the U.S. government ratified military law that laid the establishment for the policy, which eventually became Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT). In 1941, the U.S. Selective Service listed homosexual proclivities as a disqualifying condition for inclusion in the military draft. Another example is US Navy Soldier Seaman August Provost, who was an African American soldier accused of being gay by his peers, and then murdered because they thought he was homosexual. The most important change happened in 1950 when Congress introduced Article 125 to the Articles of War as an addendum to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). This was used as a punitive action for homosexuals in the Military. The Article especially read that Military personnel were forbidden to engage in consensual sodomy and made it a violation subject to military court-martial. Gays and lesbians were not able to serve because of their sexual
It is essential that organizations ensure that customers and their employees do not feel excluded in any way, regardless of their ethnicity, physical abilities, gender or sexual orientation (Birkett, et al., 2009). One of the hottest topics in today’s society is the conflict between those who are homosexuals and the anti-gay prejudice surrounding them. Unfortunately, bias is not only a concern in the United States, but it is an ongoing controversy worldwide (Birkett, et al., 2009). Every day, the news is showing groups of people protesting with signs that say “God hates …show more content…
In 1778, Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin became the first documented service member to be released from the U.S. military for homosexuality. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the U.S. government ratified military law that laid the establishment for the policy, which eventually became Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT). In 1941, the U.S. Selective Service listed homosexual proclivities as a disqualifying condition for inclusion in the military draft. Another example is US Navy Soldier Seaman August Provost, who was an African American soldier accused of being gay by his peers, and then murdered because they thought he was homosexual. The most important change happened in 1950 when Congress introduced Article 125 to the Articles of War as an addendum to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). This was used as a punitive action for homosexuals in the Military. The Article especially read that Military personnel were forbidden to engage in consensual sodomy and made it a violation subject to military court-martial. Gays and lesbians were not able to serve because of their sexual