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Marital Atai us Phy ical Handicap political eth Tiawon or any Ottar no Mem Factor of the purchaser user or  is bigotry this is just a Little food for thought. What do you think the Media reaction would have been if sinbad of Connor had ripped up a picture or the Rev. Martin Luther King or burned an israeli Flag on saturday night live hatred is hatred and bigotry is bigotry regardless of the source or intention. While of Connor has every right to think whatever she pleases she  o Connor wonder that it offends decent people of Jill backgrounds. A Joseph Bonfiglio Frankfort Germany a a what about Haemophiliacs Call me ignorant but in a still not convinced that aids is a a punishment from god oct. 26. What does this a god of the Bible have against hem Ophilie children is Haemophilia perhaps another punishment from god if that a the Case maybe women carrying hem Ophilie babies should be advised to abort them. Obviously what god wants that a Why he gave so Many of them aids or should condoms Only be used by married people to avoid the Conception of a hem Ophilie child in a not sure these questions were covered in the Bible. Maybe Well have to use our Heads and think. And maybe that a the real problem. A Kevin Scott Mainz Germany. Teach right from wrong after months of Reading letters on Gays in the service and about Safe sex etc., id like to share some overlooked ideas. If parents spent More time teaching a child right from wrong Good from bad we would t have half As much controversy. Today a parents work eight to 12 hours a Day and leave the kid to some mini mum wage care providers who May not have a grasp on right from wrong themselves. If All these issues Are to be solved we must accept our parents failures in teaching us and do a better Job for our kids. If we done to these problems will be Here when we re gone. By the Way if your kid accepts a Gay lifestyle you wont have grandchildren. Unless of course your daughter Falls victim to a a faulty  a tech. Sgt. Barry p. Carter Raf Ben Waters England teach kids about Safe sex As a 25-year-old Mother of two daughters Ages 8 and 6, i have comments concerning sex condoms aids and teenagers in America sex is implied not Only in clothing but in magazines and ads movies and to. In Europe sex is neither implied nor denied. Europeans Are on the right track. Sex is an act of nature and should not be concealed. I agree with the staff sergeant who wrote the letter a condoms May save  he a Correct on educating our younger generations about sexual activity and yes teaching our children that abstinence May be the safest birth control method but its not a 100 percent method for disease control since aids May be contracted through blood transfusions. I think girls As Young As 10 or 11 years old should be educated about birth control. This is not telling the child its of to have sex. This is telling her that if you re going to have sex at least protect yourself from an unwanted pregnancy. I also feel boys and girls should be educated about condoms at the same age. This does not condone sexual activity but informs the child of How to protect himself or herself from sexually transmitted diseases. Lets face it parents we All raise our children to be the Best they can be. But we can to be with our children every hour of the Day every Day of the week every week of the year. Thus the Way we teach our children to Deal with social and cultural problems is also the Way we should educate and instill in our children the methods of life saving sex. In doing so we protect the lives of our children. A Cassandra d. Harris Firth German editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address letters to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apoate 09211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address such letters to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.cartoon was offensive incredible that you a newspaper for the military americans most pluralistic institution would run something As patently offensive As the Oliphant cartoon oct. 26 depicting the president in a sacramental setting a a confessing to a priest a Richard Nixon. Would you run such a cartoon lampooning a religion other than catholics Al. Morris Wurzburg Germany a Pitfalls of screening after Reading a ban occult meetings Quot i feel compelled to respond. The writer is apparently very ignorant of what witchcraft is about. It s not about sacrificing virgins in White on a Pool table at the local recreation Center i suggest the writer go to the base Library and do some Reading on the subject. As for being a a terrible influence not Only on our children but also on the entire Community a the Only bad influence is the fear of ideals that Are new or different from our own that permeates society. Placing the recreation Center off limits to a particular group based on religious Choice and unfounded fears is not Only unconstitutional but morally wrong. If mar morale welfare and recreation does Start screening out a undesirables a it should include bigots. A senior airman Frank a Kile Rhein main a Germany a a a keep Gays out of military in any newspaper that i have had the Opportunity and desire to read the editorial Section is far and away my favorite because it presents the thoughts and concerns of the common person. I am such a person. Here a my thought a sexual preferences is a bedroom right not a political bargaining Chip. Stay in the closet if that a where you came from. Understand that a bedroom behave or covers the Gamut with consenting adults. The key phrase Here is Quot consenting  with this said this common person strongly disagrees with homosexual behaviour. Now Here a my concern Federal Legal Maneu vers removing the Long standing ban on homosexuality in the military. Why first off a sexual preferences should never become a Legal night. I done to even like the use of the phrase a sexual preferences because its Way too vague and encompassing. To me a sexual preferences is a position thing to homosexuals its a gender thing. And so Forth secondly in the military the distinction Between work and private life Isnit the same As in the civilian world. Two words a the Barracks a say it All. This is my army too and this is my viewpoint. In a Adamant about this. The army and the military might change but on this subject i will never. A spec. Ron w. Lipscomb a Cheim German what of our freedoms i have one question what a happening to America and the Freedom we have to keep Playboy and other similar magazines out of stars and stripes bookstores because people Are afraid they will influence men to sexually harass women to Tell women they can to have abortions because its a morally unethical what or oing on Here a Little Over 200 years c. Brave men fought for our country and our freedoms. Today i serve in that same army for what i thought were the same reasons. Am i i done to care to read Playboy or have an abortion but ill fight for my right to do both As american soldiers have fought for the past 200 years. If you done to want to read Playboy or have an abortion a done to but do not try to make other americans go by what you do or do not believe. That a what America is All about a Freedom of Choice voice and religion. The american people who try to do this need to be reminded of How we got to where we Are. A Cindy l. Skaggs Frankfort Germany c pen pals i m a 20-year-old English Girt and would Ilka pan pals about my am. My frito reets Art toot ban and Rugby watching and pitying drawing cartoon and writing latter. Samantha Brown i2taakstra�t  Cleveland t51 3ef England i m 16 Yawara old and belong to Junior Roth at my High school i would Ilka pan Pala in the air form Lance i m in King about joining. Anna Noelle Wise 621 n. Lamb lae vegas nov. 69110 i m 48 years old and interested in having pen pals my age. 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