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[Doug Henwood]

On seeing Angela's question about how the gays in the military thing 
became such a big deal in U.S. politics, I forwarded it to Hunter 
College poli sci prof Ken Sherrill, who knows everything about gay 
politics. Here's his answer:


>I think the answer is that we used the military issue as an extreme test of
>politicians' allegiance to the cause and the politicians thought that
>movement leaders cared about the issue. It was a great measure of the
>commitment of Democratic politicians. I also think thta the human interest
>stories captured the press.

Doug