{"id":8468,"date":"1993-03-01T19:42:00","date_gmt":"1993-03-01T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:49:36","slug":"homosexuals-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/press-release\/homosexuals-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Homosexuals in the Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>With dissent from Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>American democracy is predicated on the premise that every person is entitled to equality of rights, justice, and opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This core principle informs our deeply-held position in opposition to discrimination based on race religion, national origin, gender, handicap, and sexual orientation in the work-place, public accommodation, housing, education, and other public- and private-sector settings. We therefore propose that qualifications for military service be based upon individual military conduct and performance rather than on the individual&#8217;s characteristics and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Consistent with this broad policy, we:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">oppose discrimination based on sexual orientation in the United States armed services; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">support President Clinton&#8217;s stated, intention to overturn, by executive order, the ban on homosexuals in the military.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Dissent<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America abstains on this issue. The Orthodox Union is opposed to discrimination and vigilantianism. against any individual or group. 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