By Paul Cameron, Ph.D. and Kirk Cameron, Ph.D.
Summary: Over at least the past 30 years, a “shadow homosexual network,” including outposts in the Pentagon, has been established within the military. Homosexuality has significantly disrupted the military mission. Sexual activities, including homosexual flirtations, favoritism, and rapes have become part of the military subculture.
This report updates our original compilation of evidence on this issue, published in 1993. That original report indexed the degree to which those who practice homosexuality have troubled the U.S. Armed Forces, utilizing several lines of evidence:
- Heterosexual versus homosexual military violations in 1953-54;
- Review of the 1990 pro-gay Humphrey-Studds study, featuring first-person reports of homosexuals who had served;
- Review of contemporary media accounts of homosexuals in the service; and
- Independent polls and surveys conducted by FRI of those who served and their experiences with those who practiced homosexuality.
Despite more recent media attempts to highlight a fundamental shift in both public and military opinion when it comes to service by open homosexuals, the evidence we compiled in 1993 is still very relevant today. It is also consistent with our latest study[1. Cameron P and Cameron K (2010) Family Research Institute special report: gays in the military — the sordid facts. Colorado Springs: Family Research Institute, posted at www.familyresearchinst.org], which not only reports additional, corroborative first-hand testimony, but also examines all cases of sexual assault investigated by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 2007 through 2009. Our statistical analysis of these new data indicates that:
- Gays and lesbians were at least 3 to 9 times more apt to be investigated for sexual assault on fellow service personnel than were non-homosexual service men and women.
Bottom line: Allowing homosexuals to openly serve would almost certainly exacerbate these disruptions. Read more