Sammy Sandbag
7 December 2003, 19:51
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/06/gay.navy.alumni/index.html
The U.S. Naval Academy's alumni association has rejected an application by "USNA Out" to form an alumni chapter for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender graduates.
The Naval Academy's board of trustees dismissed the application on the grounds it does not charter special interest chapters.
Among the requirements for an alumni chapter is a list of at least 25 chapter members. Petrie contacted 29 former officers from the Navy and Marine Corps and were willing to come out to their classmates and to the academy.
"We want to create the chapter to reconnect with our school," Petrie said. "The environment at Annapolis has been disapproving and damaging for high-achieving gays and lesbians for many years. All 30 of us have lived through that."
Hmmm, I wonder why? You're here, your queer. We know and don't care. Forming a gay club makes about as much since as forming a straight club, and we all know that wouldn't fly.
The U.S. Naval Academy's alumni association has rejected an application by "USNA Out" to form an alumni chapter for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender graduates.
The Naval Academy's board of trustees dismissed the application on the grounds it does not charter special interest chapters.
Among the requirements for an alumni chapter is a list of at least 25 chapter members. Petrie contacted 29 former officers from the Navy and Marine Corps and were willing to come out to their classmates and to the academy.
"We want to create the chapter to reconnect with our school," Petrie said. "The environment at Annapolis has been disapproving and damaging for high-achieving gays and lesbians for many years. All 30 of us have lived through that."
Hmmm, I wonder why? You're here, your queer. We know and don't care. Forming a gay club makes about as much since as forming a straight club, and we all know that wouldn't fly.