country's beginning, giving them no equal protection underneath the

large branch of the law. The Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to

blacks from slavery in the 1800's and women were given the freedoms

reserved for males in the early 1900's with the women's suffrage

movement. But everyone still knows the underlying feeling of nation in

dealing with minorities and women, one of contempt and utter disgust.

Hate crimes are still perpetrated to this day in this country, and

most are unpublicized and "swept underneath the rug." The general

public is just now dealing with the struggle of Homosexuals to gain

rights in America, although this persecution is subtle, quiet and

rarely ever seen to the naked eye or the general public.

The big question today in Homosexuals rights struggles are

dealing with the right to be a part of our country's Military Forces.

At the forefront of the struggle to gain access to the military has

been Female's who have tried to gain access to "All Men" facilities

and have been pressured out by other cadets. This small group of women

have fought hard, and pressured the Government to change r

Historically, support for one's military was a way to show

(Quoted in "Gunning for Gays" 44)-women have been a part of the

turn suffered. The ultimate defeat of the United States in the Vietnam

largely a male institution-"Symbolically, the military represents

military, however, cannot bend if it is to effectively carry out its

criticism from both sides of the issue for the implementation of this

is how the individuals who are part of the military feel about them.

abolished since 1978 (Moskos 22). But, like that of race to

that is a good thing for most Americans. Reinstating the ban would be

with gays only undermines the morale of the military. And when morale

Indeed, most of the military considers this to be the case. (Hackworth

punish service members for individual acts of sodomy, the military

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