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Local gr< By SUSAN JAMESON Gamecock Staff Writer The Southern Baptist Convention and the Catholic Church agree they're against it. USC's assistant football and basketball coaches haven't seen it and neither havejhe Kichiand uounty school Districts. The legislature hasn't really thought about it, but once in a while, Fort Jackson gets in on it. Homosexuality isn't a major problem according to these organizations, but Fort Jackson and some religious leaders indicate homosexuality does exist in the Columbia area and is either considered immoral or not conducive to the discipline, morale and security of the organization. FORT JACKSON is the only one of these organizations which has a clear-cut policy for dealing with homosexuals. According to Fort Jackson's Public Information Office, MIV JLyCp?I VlljVlIl Ul ^/Civiio^ puiljbjr OlClLt^d "homosexuality is incompatible with military service." a person desiring to join the army must sign a medical history form stating they do not have homosexual tendencies nor have they ever committed a homosexual act. Later, in private questioning with a medical officer the recruit is asked about his sexual preference. Officers are required to report any person suspected of homosexuality and an investigation and psychiatric examination should follow. Once determined that there are definite homosexual tendencies or that homosexual acts have been committed. By STE Onmpci birtThe' W W 9 Affairs * Accor | request denied Grier, tl _ the grot charter would n< a a. vised th m" ~W mM was not / mck 1 when as today. ( charteri In 197 Editorial ? ? ~ Rights By LLOYD WOODS Associate Editor While we do not propose I merits or demerits ox homose we do feel that the Miami Jm denied a homosexual's right i ploy merit was also a slap at the all persons. It is ridiculous to deny emi person because of actions not efficient performance of that i cnu..?l ?? 1 jvu. ocauoi |iiciciciicc iioa 11 effect on job performance. A ho lesbian can perform the same straight counterparts. Contra jokes there are no stereotypics jobs. Not all hair dressers are Not all football players are sti According to The Peoples t piled by Irving Wallace and 1 Wallechinsky writers Willa Cat Stein and Virginia Wolf* and 1 Dickinson were lesbians. 1 itam a?aviio1o oamwa? . IMIlUm^VUCUO UIVIUUCO KJU^IIUV, -Socrates, Alexander the Great Lion Hearted, Leonardo di Vine k oupsden action is taken to discharge them from the army. SOLDIERS WHO PnOntJo in hnmncovnsl nvtiivravAuai acts while on active duty are subject to a dishonorable discharge, but those with homosexual tendencies or who have a verified record of homosexual acts before entering the army may get an honorable or general discharge. Information obtained from Fort Jackson through the Public Information Office states that during the past year, seven soldiers were discharged for homosexuality out of the 6,000 permanent employes and 90,000 trainees, who go through training at Fort Jackson. The Southern Baptist Convention recently took a stand in support of Anita Bryant and her efforts gainst homosexuality in Florida. The 16,000 representatives at this convention said in a resolution that homosexuality is a threat to family life and moral integrity. DR. HAROLD Cole, general secretary treasurer of the S.C. Baptist Convention, said this view did not necessarily represent the views of the 13 million Southern Baptists. He did say matters dealing with homosexuality are taken care of by individual churches, but he felt that most churches would "as quietly as possible" search fqr a new minister if it became known he'foas homosexual. Father Robinson, the Catholic priest who ministers on the USC campus, said that, based on scripture and the teachings of the church, homosexuality is not morally right., :phen davis >ck Staff Writer tempt was made in 1973 by the Gay Liberation request was turned down by then Vice Prea Charles Witten. ding to an article in the July 12, 1973 Gamec was approved by the Student Affairs Committ by Witten. it time Witten said that he was acting on the ie university's legal counsel, because he thoug jp couldn't be recommended. R SAID at that time there was nothing illegal a for a charter, but that the administration and E ot permit the group to charter. He said thai th at their charter request would be opposed an prepared to endorse them. Miller of the USC Chartering Commission woi iked if a gay organization would be chart era irier also said that he could not predict the ng attempt. 3 Columbia had a chapter of the Qay libera denial dan<] Hans Christian Andfc John Maynard Keyn i 4. Tennessee Williams, o donate the ? ? v,,ni M,n.,in, une 01 uie rear xual behavior la#v> aoavubi AMt% to IZ% ?? ^ homosexual teachers 1 civil rights of in ^ % ? ? on no concrete facts. I L^h!I have something cieclai children can bS inserl Few>if a?y? homosexi o detrimental *u~ children thpv tp?< ?f?Tt?? condemn" "allmale" ry^o agdess T tad ? al homosexual female students? Of < homosexuals. case could be docum raight. homosexual male ( Umanac com- relations with a your his son David would Bay that al ther, Gertrude dangerous. Anita's poetess Emily examples of the h nkalu lint n# IWMttiKlliHM vat fkio ? IATCaU HOI Ml WIV | les, Aristotle, willing to accept the I t, Richard1 the While we are not wi i, John Milton, religious reasons agai y, accept Father Robinson said if persons who had problems because of their homosexuality came to hiip for counseling, he would counsel them, try to find out how they think and feel and lead them to a "Christian response," defining that response as a normal heterosexual relntinnshin Father Robinson would not discuss, the problem of homosexuality on the USC campus, saying he felt it would be a breach of his confidentiality as a priest. IN ANOTHER area, James L. Solomon Jr., school board chairman for Richland County School District One, said no problems dealing with homosexuality have come to his attention. Those who interview for jobs are screened for emotional problems, Solomon said, and if they were to have emotional problems dealing with homosexuality then it would probably come to the attention of the staff doing the screening and the person would be judged for the job with this in mind. "The questions we ask don't deal with homosexuality any more than they deal with the sexuality of a so-called straight person," said Solomon. H.E. Corley, superintendent of Richland County School District Two agrees that no problems dealing with homosexuality among teachers has come to his attention. He said reaction of the administration to homosexuality would depend upon the communities' reaction. He said the Columbia area is basically conservative morally and he does not think they would financially support a school system which employed teacheers who were openly Front to charter according to John Ernisse ident of Student that summer, there we organization. ock, the diarter ee, but was later "I WENT to .committees the vice president of studen advice of Phillip "There were only two oi ht the legality of "Witten met with us and sa a decision rendered by u organization would be to in ibout the group's behavior, and that there w loard of Trustees illegal." te group was ad- Ernissee said he thought ,1 I li- * ? 1 -? ? * iu uic uiiivtaitiiy inicrtu uuina leva, D(S Ul fighting it alone. ild not comment i if they applied "I SUPPOSE it would ha fate of another as a minority, but I got in form, not to convert or foi ition Front, and gays would not join a gro must protest hs I0YA11 (Q Practically ev< 11 Jl U ? rejected beca passages are Whitman, ?, n.n. Auoen ana s espoused by the While we do orients in Miami led by merica reject, was that ?w-maf" wp would corrupt children ** vas a fear tactic based K? ri?htfi "c t is easy in America to 1 red evil if the safety of ted into the argument. ' lals are likely to abuse wf A. Would it be fair to analogy, but a teachers because a relations with young S^inTE rourae not. Yet if one We bring thi ented showing that a reported elsev teacher had sexual homosexuality tg male student most new. It's alwa 1 homosexuals are students have group provided no sexual activiti atter behavior, only activities, whil xi>lic was more than we may not i KJcsibilities. support their ri Hing to attack Anita's Anita we do r nst homosexuality, we obligation to d gays homosexual. IN THE area of USC sports, assistant coaches Jack C. 'Fligg and Charlie Henderson said they have never been confronted with the problem of homosexuality among team members. Fligg, who has been a football coach for 25 years in several areas of the United States, said he considered stories of homosexuality among athletes as simDle sensationalism. Henderson has been a basketball coach for 12 years, and he also said he has never found any of his team members to be homosexuals. He said he has read several articles on men in professional sports who have announced they are homosexuals. Henderson said this "sort of shocked me because we're conditioned by society to think a certain way about athletes, but evidently it's had no effect on their playing. Tim Rogers at the American Civil Liberties Union office in Columbia, said he Knew 01 no sown Carolina laws that deal with homosexuality. He said some states are introducing legislation to decriminalize sexual conduct between consenting adults, but laws on the books are usually not enforced because of the "reality of lack of resources." IN EMPLOYMENT, he said private employers are not required to have a justification for discrimination. "For example, there is no legislation saying women can't get credit, but in reality things may be different." They may discriminate against homosexuals in hiring. e, who was trying to get the campus charter is not enough support for (he campus involved up to the level of final decision, to it affairs, Charles Witten," he said. ' US to flaht few the pharti* " id no, and said that his decision was based on diversity legal counsel that to support the iplicate that the university approved of that as a technicality in a S.C. law that made it a court case could have been fought up to the ey chose not to fight it because they would be ve forced the university to recognize the gay to this for human rights, to educate and in ce," Ernissee said he believes a lot of USC up now. 1 1 V er use of religion ad a weapon, erything can be supported or use of religious reasons. if taken from the Bible out .of ter.question arises for Anita, amal athiests be exempt from a crime against God? not consider homosexuality a preference based on what we l(jht onrl oIoa *? ? ? muu i*juiu UCI1UVC) IW UC fear the possible loss of our ?re than we fear gay activity, the arguments manipulated by ponents in Miami, other groups deny the rights of persons they riinate. Some may oppose the man not long ago decided to tire race his society did not nal." Hitler would have loved ami. is subject closer to home. As rtiere in this issue we tell of on this campus. It's nothing ys been here. Professors ana been able to separate their es from their campus related e not affecting straights. While tgree with what they do, we fftit ?A/lAM 1 ?*?? vwwvno uicjr |NfWR. unnxe w>t feel we haye the right or ?ny homosexual rights. v