Clinton retreating from gay ban pledge
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House ln^nn positioning Presi
dent Clinton on Wednesday to
retreat from his promise to com
pletely lift thn ban on homosex
unls in the military
"I think Ini n>< t»g»t/.es that it's
very difficult, that than? is not
support from Congress for a corn
plain lifting of the ban.” Whitn
House prass s(>i rotary I )«»** Dee
Myers said
White House officials said they
warn awaiting rat ommaiidalions
from Dufunsii Secretary l.es
Aspm. who has been struggling
to product) a compromise
between Clinton's promise and
intense opposition from thn Pen
tagon and Congress to lifting the
ban.
The issue has been a major
politii al headache for Clinton,
distrai ling attention from his ecu
nornii plans and requiring him
to defend a stand on on issue that
has bitterly divided Americans.
Moving < nutlousiy inward a
dm.ision. iho While House kepi
its distance from a reported com
promise proposal from the Pen
tagon to allow homosexuals to
serve in the military only if they
keep their sexual orientation pri
vate
That reported compromise
would ban military personnel
from det taring they are homo
sexuals or from engaging in
homosexual conduct anywhere
It also would lalxd homosexual
(unduct as inconsistent with mil
itary servic e
C.ny activists said they would
re|o« t any language almtil homo
sexuality or homosexual < onduct
being inconsistent with military
service.
"That's totally unai.i eptahle,”
said Tim M< Foeley. executive
director of the Human Rights
Campaign Fund. "That pist has
to go
"And we believe that people
who (.onduct themselves accord
ing to the rules should not be dis
missed because they're gay. no
mutter how people find out that
they're gay." he said.
Me Fee ley said he could a<i <*pt
some restrictions t»n a member of
military publicly declaring he or
she is a homosexual "I think we
can ac< ept that a public, inten
tionally disturbing kind of speech
may have to bo proscribed." he
said
White Mourn officials said they
expected to get "an interim
report" from Aspin this week on
his recommendations. ofTicially
due July 15.
"It’s just an update, nothing
final" one senior official said
"They're not set in stone, and tins
is an area where little changes
mean a lot."
For instance, the official said,
there would he a difference
between saying that homosexu
ality is inconsistent with military
service, and saying that homo
sexual conduct is inconsistent.
The controversy delayed action
hy the Mouse Armed Services
Committee on next year's defense
hill Under pressure from the
White Mouse, the committee
postponed work in its personnel
subcommittee until after the con
gressional July i recess.
Republicans had the votes for
approval in the subcommittee for
their plan to write the ban into
law, according to congressional
sources, who spoke on condition
of anonymity.
Elsewhere on Capitol Mill. Rep
Barney Frank. O-Mnss . one of
two acknowledged gay mem tiers
of Congress. said any plan must
contain two elements it cannot
say that homosexuality is incom
patible with military service and
the ban on sodomy in the Uni
form Code of Military Justice
must be even-handed toward
homosexuals anil heterosexuals.
Frank acknowledged that what
will emerge may tie prohlemalii
"People don't expect to he sat
isfied. but there are degrees of
dissatisfaction,*' he told a Cape
tol Mill news conference.
Rep. Patricia Schroeder. D
Colo.. a member of the House
Armed Servers Committee, sent
a letter to Aspin demanding that
he release a report prepared by
the Rand Corp. on gays in the
military, which Schroeder said
argues for complete lifting of the
ban
Religious groups oppose education nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
nomination of former San Diego
« Imol chief Thomas Payzant as
an assistant education secretary
has stirred the wrath of some
conservative religious groups
who i (intend he is anti-Christinn
and pro-gay.
Enough of a fuss tins been
raised that the Senate I jtbor and
Human Resources Committee,
breaking with its usual proce
dures. has scheduled a hearing
for |uly 1 on Payunt's nomina
tion. Assistant Cabinet secre
taries generally are not subjected
to suc h scrutiny.
■'Thu problem is that he wants
to use the word 'diversity' to
cover perversity." said the Rev.
Louis Sheldon, chairman of the
Traditional Values Coalition,
which is leading opposition to
Payzant's nomination as assis
taut secretary of education for
elementary and secondary
schools
A native of Boston. Payzant.
52. holds master's and doctoral
degrees from Harvard Universi
ty. He is now a consultant for
the Department of Education
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tiiat workers who take time
off for a funeral return with
an obituary He asks employ
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customers He couldn't make
a decision if his life depend
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All that bod news udded up
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the winner of a national con
test to find the worst boss in
the nation.
The winner, whose name
was not released by contest
organizer Jim Miller, will get
an all-expense paid week’s
vacation for two in Hawaii for
his tale of working woe.
The winning entry detailed
a demented, penny-pinching,
abusive incompetent. "He's
actually worse." said the win
ner, who didn’t identify him
self in order to protect his job
Miller, author of The Cor
porate Coach, a txxik on prop
er management techniques,
found various candidates for
the worst of the worst.
Among them: The boss
who made his female employ
ees raise the flag in the pour
ing rain; one whose motto
was "people are animals";
and the ex-military man who
liked to "playfully" choke
and bite his employees.
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