Board recommends lesbian
remain in Navy Reserves
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— In a surprising d»i ision.
a Now tribunal decided
Thursday that I.t Zoe Dun
ning's t areer in the
Reserves should not end
with the statement "I am a
lesbian.”
A board of inquiry unanimously ruled that Dun
ning had proved she would not engage in homo
sexual ni ts, in line w ith the military’s "don't ask,
don't tell” policy
"The board of inquiry recommends retention in
the Naval serve said Capt Thomas Herns, senior
member of the board.
Dunning stood while the findings were being
read, her hands clenched Afterward, she siniloti
briefly as she clasped lawyer Greg Bonfiglio's hands
Dunning's attorneys had maintained that w hen
she made the statement "I am a lesbian'' at a Jan
uary 1993 rally, she was not broadcasting her inten
tions to practice homosexuality hut merely indi
cating her sexual orientation.
"Site felt that to continue to hide who she was
would lx? a lie," Honftglio said.
Ho had warned the board that dist barging Dun
ning would mean "needlessly destroying the < areer
of a dedicated, distinguished officer."
Dunning. 31. has been working one weekend a
month as n supply officer at the Naval Aviation
Depot in Alameda
Co-workers and supersisors testified Wednesday
Ih<il she is an en client offit or whose disc barge
would lie the Navy's loss Thev said her sexual on
entation, and the controversy surrounding it. has
not n lfi’< ted unit cohesion.
Navy prosecutors told the board lhov had no
chon t> hut to order Dunning separated from the st
vice, regardless of her achievements
We re not saving that I t Dunning is a t>ad per
soil or an e\ il person lux ause she made a person
al decision but what has happened now. Us ause
she has said that, the fact is it's not at t eptable with
in the Armed fonw." said t.t Ingrid Turner
Pros** utors said that under "don't ask. don t tell,”
servo e memfiers who (its iarc thev are hotnosexu
ai face discharge unless thev can prove they won't
engage in homosexual acts while in the service
Dunning did not do that, prosecutors said
The < tsc plavai out at the Treasure Island Naval
Station was being watc hed as art indication of how
the policy will work
Nav v sonar operator Keith Meinhold w is dis
charged after he announced fie is gav hut won a
court battle for reinstatement The Clinton admin
istration said it will not appeal the reinstatement
That left intact an ap[Klllate < ourt ruiirig that sim
pi’, saving oile Is I; f a 111 jse X l l.l i does rot express .1
desire to engage in prohibited sexual conduct Dun
enn; s attorisev . u< ob- t:.vjueu! r.-feo-le e to ! be
Meinhold dec ision hut Navv prosec utors insisted
it didn't apply liecause Meinhold's c ase predated
the "don't ask. don't tell'' polu v
Crawford and
Gere seperated
LOS ANCLLKS (AP)
Richard Gere and Cindy
Crawford, whose marriage
three years ago created |ier
haps the most beautiful
gene pool in Hollywood,
have separated,
The couple announced
their breakup in a state
ment issued Thursday by
their public relations firm.
"This personal and
painful decision was made
between us in July," they
said. "Since that time we
have been trying to work
things out, but due to the
recent conjecture in tin
press, we have decided to
make a statement at this
time."
Last month, a British
tabloid published a photo
of a woman hopping over
Gere's garcien wall. But
model Laura Bailey said
she was visiting a friend
next door.
Gere, 45, and Crawford,
2H, married three years ago
Them have l>een re« urring
minors that each of thorn is
gay and their marriage trou
bled
In May, the couple pub
lished a full-page ad in the
Times of London, pro
claiming their heterosex
uality and their commit
ment to one another.
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Evangelist Jim Bakker
free man after jail release
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(AP).His penance nil but paid
— at least in the eyes of the law
former TV evangelist Jim
Bakker could In? back in the pul
pit soon alongside his daughter
Bakker, who did *l years in
prison, a month at a halfway
house and four months under
house arrest for bilking follow
ers of his PTC. television min
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free man at the stroke of mid
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ern North Carolina, where hod
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Bakker still must complete
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Chapman, recently hinted to
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divorced hy hts wifo of 30 years.
Timmy Faye She taler married
Roe Messner, the chief builder
at Heritage USA, the Bakkers'
Christian theme park and
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lowers who sent him at least
$1,000 each in return (or a
promise that they could stay at
Heritage USA for three day* and
four nights every year for the
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