MILITARY MONDAY

West Pointer Wins First-ever Military Award For Challenging 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
08.11.06

By Anthony Cuesta

A West Point graduate has earned an academic award and Congressional recognition for a senior thesis arguing that the military's gay ban should be scrapped because it violates military values.

A dozen scholars who study the military said this was the first they had heard of a military service academy giving an award for research on gays in the military.
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Soldiers who are not afraid of guns, bombs, capture, torture or death say they are afraid of homosexuals. Clearly we should not be used as soldiers; we should be used as weapons. ~Letter to the editor, The Advocate