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November 12,1992
The Daily Collegian
NEWS'*
vows to stop ROTC discrimination
'*• v*fcPS—If President-elect Bill
'Clinton holds to his .campaign
i promise, gay and lesbian college
.students will be able to enroll in
. ROTC programs and not be forced
to hideoheir sexual orientation.
| Clinton has vowed to do away
with Department of Defense pol¬
icy that bars gays and
lesbians from being
in the military.
This practice
also applies to
.Air Force,
Army and
Navy ROTC units on college and
university campuses.
"I hive to believe him," said
Neal Snow, a University of Maine
senior who was recently dismissed
when he told .Air Force ROTC
officials he was gay. "If Clinton
said it just once, I would have
questioned it, but he said it many
, times.''
President Bush, before and
during thecampaign, said he would
maintain current policy, which
states, in part, that "homosexual¬
ity is incompatible with military
service. The presence of .such
members adversely affects the
ability of the Armed Forces to
maintain discipline, good order,
and morale..."
The current policy is likely to
remain intact until Clinton alters it
by executive order. The next step
is up to the new administration.
The military's ban on gays and
lesbians often conflicts, with the
universities' equal opportunity
policies regarding race, religion,
sexual preference and other fac¬
tors.
tThe armed forces now exist as
the
non-discrimination at the the Uni¬
versity, and Department of De¬
fense policy is in clear conflict,*'
said University of Maine spokes¬
man John Diamond. "We are
actively lobbying to change pol¬
icy that af-
was a heterosexual and decided he
couldn't lie about his sexuality.
He told his training officer Sept
21 that he was gay, and disenroll-
ment proceedings began that day.
He had been in the pro-
only sec¬
tor in which this discrimination
^exists. The armed forces remain
the only holdout," .said Robert
O'Neil, a law professor at the
University of Virginia. "Itdoesn't
make sense. It has remained in¬
tractable, but with a Clinton vic¬
tory it may become moot"
There have been movements at
schools nationwide to get rid of
ROTC units because of the gay
and lesbian policy.
When Snow was dismissed
from the aAir Force ROTC unit, the
University of Maine faculty sen¬
ate voted to support Snow's right
to remain in the ROTC program.
The school also wants the armed
forces to alter its policies regard¬
ing people with physical limita¬
tions who are not allowed in the
military.
"We have a strong policy on
fccts
I ROTC programs."
Snow was the fourth-highest
ranking cadet in the corps, a stu¬
dent senator and belongs to an
honorary society for service to the
school and academic achievement
"He is well-known and well-re¬
spected," Diamond said. "People
respect the fact he's had the cour¬
age to come forward."
Snow said this fall he had to
sign some paperwork vowing he
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It took a long time for Snow to
acknowledge his sexual Orienta¬
tion. "I was gay but not comfort¬
able with it I was trying to deal
with the fact I was a good person
and gay," he .said. "It was incredi¬
bly hard telling them. I ha*been in
the program so long and I wanted
to be an officer. I wish there had
been another way, but there wasn 'L
It was time.''
Joe Steffan, a law student at the
University of Connecticut, was a
senior at the U.S. Naval Academy
when he was dismissed. In the fall
of his senior
year, Stef¬
fan told two
friends in the
cadet corp-. that
he was gay. In
March 1987 an in¬
vestigation was
launched by the
academy officials.
When confronted,
Steffan told them he
was gay. The case is on
appeal, but if the policy is re¬
scinded, the suit is mosdy moot,
he said.
"One of the most important
tilings I've learned is to question
not only my assumptions and atti¬
tude but policies of our country
and society," he said. "I assumed
the system was fair, but my own
experience woke me up to the
reality of discrimination"
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November 12,1992
The Daily Collegian
NEWS'*
vows to stop ROTC discrimination
'*• v*fcPS—If President-elect Bill
'Clinton holds to his .campaign
i promise, gay and lesbian college
.students will be able to enroll in
. ROTC programs and not be forced
to hideoheir sexual orientation.
| Clinton has vowed to do away
with Department of Defense pol¬
icy that bars gays and
lesbians from being
in the military.
This practice
also applies to
.Air Force,
Army and
Navy ROTC units on college and
university campuses.
"I hive to believe him," said
Neal Snow, a University of Maine
senior who was recently dismissed
when he told .Air Force ROTC
officials he was gay. "If Clinton
said it just once, I would have
questioned it, but he said it many
, times.''
President Bush, before and
during thecampaign, said he would
maintain current policy, which
states, in part, that "homosexual¬
ity is incompatible with military
service. The presence of .such
members adversely affects the
ability of the Armed Forces to
maintain discipline, good order,
and morale..."
The current policy is likely to
remain intact until Clinton alters it
by executive order. The next step
is up to the new administration.
The military's ban on gays and
lesbians often conflicts, with the
universities' equal opportunity
policies regarding race, religion,
sexual preference and other fac¬
tors.
tThe armed forces now exist as
the
non-discrimination at the the Uni¬
versity, and Department of De¬
fense policy is in clear conflict,*'
said University of Maine spokes¬
man John Diamond. "We are
actively lobbying to change pol¬
icy that af-
was a heterosexual and decided he
couldn't lie about his sexuality.
He told his training officer Sept
21 that he was gay, and disenroll-
ment proceedings began that day.
He had been in the pro-
only sec¬
tor in which this discrimination
^exists. The armed forces remain
the only holdout," .said Robert
O'Neil, a law professor at the
University of Virginia. "Itdoesn't
make sense. It has remained in¬
tractable, but with a Clinton vic¬
tory it may become moot"
There have been movements at
schools nationwide to get rid of
ROTC units because of the gay
and lesbian policy.
When Snow was dismissed
from the aAir Force ROTC unit, the
University of Maine faculty sen¬
ate voted to support Snow's right
to remain in the ROTC program.
The school also wants the armed
forces to alter its policies regard¬
ing people with physical limita¬
tions who are not allowed in the
military.
"We have a strong policy on
fccts
I ROTC programs."
Snow was the fourth-highest
ranking cadet in the corps, a stu¬
dent senator and belongs to an
honorary society for service to the
school and academic achievement
"He is well-known and well-re¬
spected," Diamond said. "People
respect the fact he's had the cour¬
age to come forward."
Snow said this fall he had to
sign some paperwork vowing he
Kennel Bookstore
s
' >*V
'
A
sF
.t»©» De*e
Place your order now for
Personalized Graduation
Announcements,
Kennel Copy Center
located on the lower level
278-3945
gram
since 1990.
It took a long time for Snow to
acknowledge his sexual Orienta¬
tion. "I was gay but not comfort¬
able with it I was trying to deal
with the fact I was a good person
and gay," he .said. "It was incredi¬
bly hard telling them. I ha*been in
the program so long and I wanted
to be an officer. I wish there had
been another way, but there wasn 'L
It was time.''
Joe Steffan, a law student at the
University of Connecticut, was a
senior at the U.S. Naval Academy
when he was dismissed. In the fall
of his senior
year, Stef¬
fan told two
friends in the
cadet corp-. that
he was gay. In
March 1987 an in¬
vestigation was
launched by the
academy officials.
When confronted,
Steffan told them he
was gay. The case is on
appeal, but if the policy is re¬
scinded, the suit is mosdy moot,
he said.
"One of the most important
tilings I've learned is to question
not only my assumptions and atti¬
tude but policies of our country
and society," he said. "I assumed
the system was fair, but my own
experience woke me up to the
reality of discrimination"
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