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Gays in the military / Lauri S. Friedman, book editor.

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Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2012.

Gay military personnel -- United States.

9780737759129 (hardcover)

0737759127 (hardcover)

Introduction: beyond "don't ask, don't tell" -- Opposing viewpoints on gays in the military -- Viewpoint 1 Gay soldiers should be allowed to serve openly / Gabriel Arana -- Viewpoint 2 Gay soldiers should not be allowed to serve openly / Stuart Koehl -- Viewpoint 3 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly protects them from harm / Joseph Rocha -- Viewpoint 4 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly puts them at risk / Eric Harbin -- Viewpoint 5 Allowing gays to serve will strengthen the U.S. military / Stephen Benjamin -- Viewpoint 6 Allowing gays to serve will weaken the U.S. military / Robert G. Marshall -- Model essays and writing exercises -- Preface A: The five-paragraph essay -- Preface B: The persuasive essay -- Essay one: america's confusion: openly gay soldiers and civil rights in the military -- Exercise 1a: create an outline from an existing essay -- Exercise 1b: create an outline for your own essay -- Essay two: a gay-friendly military is a weakened military -- Exercise 2a: create an outline from an existing essay -- Exercise 2b: identifying persuasive techniques -- Essay three: the military's loss -- Exercise 3a: examining introductions and conclusions -- Exercise 3b: using quotations to enliven your essay -- Final writing challenge: write your own persuasive five-paragraph essay -- Supporting research material -- Appendix a: facts about gays in the military -- Appendix b: finding and using sources of information -- Appendix c: using MLA to create a works cited list -- Appendix d: sample essay topics -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.

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