The major issue is the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy on the service of open homosexuals in the military.
The flight engineer also said that open homosexuals should not be teachers because they were liable to influence or take advantage of impressionable young men.
Another may be the two well-regarded professors at the university's law school, open homosexuals who have encouraged others to come out.
There are bad reasons to exclude open homosexuals from the military.
Yet putting open homosexuals in barracks with heterosexuals will create serious morale problems.
This was one of the first fights over service in the military by open homosexuals.
The local priest (an open homosexual) was harassed by young Muslim males from the neighborhood, and forced to leave his occupation.
Hearings continued in Washington on the subject of allowing open homosexuals in the armed forces.
They were among the first churches to ordain women and open homosexuals.