Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: rja@Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Avoiding draft by being gay Message-ID: <1990Dec8.222759.28503@cbnews.att.com> Date: 8 Dec 90 22:27:59 GMT References: <1990Dec7.011900.1441@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: rja@Eng.Sun.COM (Robert Allen) In article <1990Dec7.011900.1441@cbnews.att.com> PAISLEY%auvm.auvm.edu@VM1.gatech.edu writes: + + +From: +Since the US Armed Forces do not accept homosexuals into its ranks, claiming +to be gay may become a much-used method of avoiding the draft (should it +be re-instituted). Does anyone know how the military would screen draftees +who claimed to be gay? Surely, there must be some requirement to prove +this and a way to prove it, so it won't be used as a way to avoid service. A person I was acquainted with, who was in the Marines in Vietnam, said some people tried this while he was in boot camp. Reportedly the Drill Instructors forced the claimees to perform oral sex on them. Whether this is an urban legend remains to be seen, but, it's not in- concievable. -- Robert Allen, rja@sun.com DISCLAIMER: I disclaim everything. "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -- George Bernard Shaw