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Argument: Individual prejudice should not drive military policy

Issue Report: Gays in the US military

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Barry M. Goldwater. “Ban on Gays is Senseless Attempt to Stall the Inevitable” – The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of people’s private lives. Government governs best when it governs least – and stays out of the impossible task of legislating morality. But legislating someone’s version of morality is exactly what we do by perpetuating discrimination against gays.