... lot of hostility towards the LGBT community in the military, and in just about all 50 states it is illegal for same sex partners to get married. Throughout the country there are many groups such as the ACLU and the ... , are often apathetic to the LGBT community due to their homophobia (www.Speakout.com). FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 1997 showed that almost 14 percent of all hate crimes occur because of the victims" sexual orientation. This is ... 't Tell, Don't Pursue" policy, which in turn reversed a half-century ban on homosexuals in the military. Under this policy it was against the...

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... and there is no legal reason why we should be denied equal rights. Once you strip away the Christian conservatives who want us all to believe that God hates all homosexuals, you don't have much left. Their arguments are failing fast. No longer are we in a century where only the priests can read the Bible and tell us ... rights, our biggest opposition does not come from them. No, our biggest hurdle to over come is deep within our own community. Many lesbians have not supported the fight for equal access to the privileges of a legal union because they say that marriage is a sexists institu...

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