Show conclusions an more likely to than through any kind of - selection" — Judg Lawns Hand Mntlcan Mai (Iffl-fl- ) Tuesday The Herald Journal Logan Utah April Pages 2 1996 Your view the words of others On gays Mormons pioneers genetics To the editor: I would like to personally thank The Herald Journal for printing the letter from Miss Prince By publishing the let- ter your paper has singlehandedly destroyed whatever hope of acceptance of the gay and lesbian community may have had Not only did this letter help rekindle my flames of repugnance toward the gay and lesbian society but it Is I can document many examples His recent letter to you uses thex tactics and is most unfair to James Quinn shamelessly faults the public for ignoring his protective disclaimer that in relationmost caxs thex (same-xx- ) ships were not erotic” Such qualifiers are obscured by the striking impression he otherwix conveys For instance he says he "did not claim Joxph Smith or Brigham Young were homoxxual” but apparently he manages to leave that impression The many letters in responx show either that he did not make hinuelf dear about his claims or that the public fell for his innuendo and gained the very impression he intended to engender And if the newspaper account is incorrect he should be correcting it — not James and the public who had nothing to do with initiating this sordid affair How can Quinn complain when James calls him to task for ignoring evidence especially in privately held sources when there is not the slightest indication that he ever tried to approach anyone who might have such evidence? What kind of historical work is this? Frankly it appears that his rexarch was shallow and that he only sought what he wanted to find James is criticized by Quinn becaux also strengthened my testimony concerning the history of the Latter Day Saints The subjugation of this person is a far cry compared to the torture of let’s say the early Pioneers or maybe even the Jews during the Holocaust My thoughts of persecution went to some who were tarred and feathered thrown in jail hunted by mobs and armies martyrdom or all of the above (I have not seen very many homosexuals running around in tar and feathers lately) I am a descendent of someone who was murdered at Hauns Mill and whose body was thrown into the well for burial All of this was done in the name of religion not sexual perversion The objection in the letter on 32296 is a farce compared to the tyranny that so many have been up against in the name of religious freedom To keep this letter somewhat short I he did not acknowledge that Evan will add only one more thing Scientists Stephens biographer (Ray L Bergman) said that Stephens "avoided relationships have not been able to identify any genetics of homosexuality I am sure the with women” But Quinn himxlf should author of the letter knew this and meant note and acknowledge that the statement to type “Jeans" instead of "Genes” must be read in the context of Bergman’s entire chapter on why Stephens did not Gayton H Seamons marry and which gives the reader a more informed perspective on Stephens’ life Logan and circumstances James is further criticized for using family information that is Christ did not say love "publicly unavailable” But who says it is unavailable? That is for the Stephens thy straight neighbor lb the editor: family to determine not Quinn who I would just like to thank all those in made no attempt to obtain it Contrary to Cache Valley who have written to you what Quinn claims I can find no conflict expressing my opinion for me Many between James’ family information and times I’ve intended to respond to someStephens’ own statements when read thing in the newspaper but just haven't with understanding and in their entirety made the time for it then someone else Quinn claims that Stephens said there says just what 1 would have wm "a socially Toffoiddea dimension” la It's good to Know that there are others his same-x-x relationships but thex are here who share my views on such things Quinn’s own words not Stephens' who as protecting the environment humane never said anything remotely like that I treatment of animals and the lack of can easily demonstrate that there is no need for assault weapons I specifically basis in fact for Quinn’s offensive claim want to mention Ted Pease who’s been Quinn keeps deferring us to his forthreceiving some pretty nasty comments book as though it will resolve all coming lately Some at his articles remind me of and misunderstandings Why problems one of Christ's most important teachings assume that Quinn's style and we should — "love thy neighbor as thyself” This doesn't mean only thy neighbor who methodology will suddenly improve with the new book? And how are James and happens to be the same race cultural other to know what the book will contain orientabackground religion or sexual and be silent until then when outrageous tion as you Since I'm finally writing now just a things have been published? Quinn’s couple of other things How many of you recent writing and statements have to who are so critical of homosexuals have stand now on their own merits ever even known any? I've had gay and and friends and have George L Mitton lesbian who is gay 1 hate to tell Piovo a brother-in-lasome of you but not one of them is a pervert or monster and not one has ever send school suggested to me that 1 change my sexual Cache Valley information preference They’re kind decent people just trying lb the editor to live their lives Finally in response to a letter of last Sunday (317) comparing We are students in Mrs Council's fifth student alliance having a class at Kingsbury Elementary grade (NOT a “xx club”) to having "murder School in LaPorte Ind We have "child-molesteclubs” or clubs is in approximately 400 students in grades my opinion one of the most ridiculous kindergarten through five Our school is things I’ve ever heard I mean really located in LaPorte County in northern now Indiana We are about 20 minutes south Lake Michigan of Denise Lott we the week of May 19-2- 4 During Logan will be celebrating Kingsbury Education Week This is a week when we focus on the importance of reading and writing Quinn's research both Wb are asking readers to respond to our letter by rending a picture postcard that shallow and skewed would give information about your town To the editor or area We plan to display this informaWhen read carefully Michael Quinn's tion in the hallway at school We hope that you will consider helping response (March 24) to die furor over his with this exciting project Our class us "same xx” historical studies actually has will be waiting anxiously to learn more the effect of confirming much of the critabout your area Pleax send postcards to icism by Rhctt Stephens James and others who have written you My own our address listed below Thank you w class Please gay-straig- ht r” 3 - research independently corroborates many of James' findings Quinn's writing on this subject is filled with innuendo and he frequently quotes out of context to pul his own interpretation on Mrs Council’s fifth grade class Kingsbury Elementary School 0802 W 400 South LaPorte Ind 46350 Discipline woes plagued UN mission Newspaper Enterprise Association T forces that held sway in that volatile region until December The history of the UN peacekeeping operation in Bosnia is replete with stones of rape vandalism and other abuses of the local population war-wea- Some ry human rights ' groups ' worried that the situation would continue when SgSf Accounting procedures were so loox that at one point the UN overpaid $18 million on a $218 million fuel contract before anybody caught the mistake Members of one Kenyan outfit are believed to have stolen 25000 gallons of fuel worth $100000 and sola it to the Bosnian Serbs The most infamous incident occurred during the summer and fall of 1992 when as many as SO UN peacekeepers Bosnian visited “Sonja’s Kon-TikiSerb-ru- n restaurant and tofothd that used Teftiale Mnslinrpi fSOIKIff IPtyostitutes The women were allegedly “visited" by ’1 officers from Ukraine Kenya New Zealand France and Canada NATO troops took over Their concerns were voiced in a letter to Madeleine K Albright America’s ambassador to the United Nations The letter questioned whether the NATO force would be trained sufficiently to avoid “Okinawa-typ- e situations” referring to the abduction and rape of a Japanex girl by three American soldiers The American military leaders now running the show have tried to arm their troops against local temptations with seminars manuals lectures and sensitivity training But in Bosnia the United States is not only responsible for its own soldiers — but an international coalition comprised of soldiers from more than two dozen nations Judging by the record of the UN peacekeeping effort things can only get better Black marketeering was widespread during their stay as UN forces The soldiers could scarcely have missed the fact that a few yards behind the restaurant wm one of the concentration camps where the Bosnian Serbs carried out their brutal campaign of “ethnic cleansing" against the Bosnian Muslims UN officials in New York initially tried to downplay the discipline problems A confidential cable by Albright in July 1993 held that UNPROFOR (the name of the UN force in former Yugoslavia) could not be expected to regulations becaux it wm not a fid-lo- w full-fledg- ed permanent operation “According to the UN’s view’’ Albright Mid “UNPROFOR is not yet an ‘established’ operation and therefore standard administrative regulations and roles are not followed” When the reports became too penis-teand the tnefit so widespread the UN finally launched a two-moninvestigation In November 1993 a report confirmed that some “limited” misdeeds had occurred Yet UN offi nt th cials maintained that there had been no “organized” widespread racketeering The UN investigation studiously avoided assigning any blame to UNPROFOR’s Russian contingent which wm up to its blue berets in black market activities High hopes had attended the March 1992 dispatch of the first Russian troops ever to serve with a UN force But word soon spread that top Russian commanders had become chummy with a ruthless Bosnian Serb warlord named “Ark an” The early reports soon proved accurate Russian Col Viktor UJginov and his senior Col Alexander Khrom-chenko- frequented lavish drinking v par- ties and feasts complete ivilh fttftllet “company” hosted by Arkan and other Bosnian Serbs Khromchenkov drove around in a notorious white Mercedes the Bosnian Serbs had given him a u gift A highly confidential report confirm- ing Khromchenkov and Loginov’s “irregularities” wm rent to UN head- quarters in Zagreb and New York But UN officials thought the report wm too xnsitive to handle so it wm kicked over to Russian authorities in Moscow The two colonels were summarily dismissed in late 1992 after another investigation Yet both men were soon back in Bosnia acting m “consultants” to Arkan and other Bosnian Serb leaden Now leading a force of thouxnds from more than two dozen countries the United States will have to keep a sharp eye out for “irregularities” in the coming months As one US military official who recently returned from Bosnia lamented to our associate Dale Van Atta: “We’d rather handle landmines sometimes than all of the men that soldiers can get into when there’s no shooting” Otiior views Nose rings not grounds for school ejection The Toledo Blade and fashion reasons They are customari- Nok rings arc not our fashion statement of choice but school officials in countries and in eastern countries conservative women wear them So do their daughters Sports and entertainment fig- ly worn by women in many African the Hancock County Ohio community ures wear nose rings and for many impressionable teenagers that makes when four of Arlington young students showed up wearing over-react- ed them Jessica Tamara and Carver Stephanie pierced their noxs Jennifer with the approv al of their mother Robin Parish Classmates and teachers were curious but the principal told them to go home and not come back until the rings were removed Bad move School officials uid the box rings didn’t meet “community standards” Admittedly k might be one thing for students at a big-cithigh school and another in a small and conservative rural village But the school dress code says nothing about jewelry The objection to rite nnx rings overlooks that women wear them for cultural y them trendy and cool Besides nobody gets upset any more about pierced ears Why do youngsters wear baseball caps backwards? 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