A collection of critical essays that debates the issue of gays in the military that includes model essays and writing exercises designed to help students research, outline, draft, edit, and write essays.
Content Note
Introduction: beyond "don't ask, don't tell" -- Opposing viewpoints on gays in the military -- Viewpoint 1 Gay soldiers should be allowed to serve openly / Gabriel Arana -- Viewpoint 2 Gay soldiers should not be allowed to serve openly / Stuart Koehl -- Viewpoint 3 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly protects them from harm / Joseph Rocha -- Viewpoint 4 Allowing gay soldiers to serve openly puts them at risk / Eric Harbin -- Viewpoint 5 Allowing gays to serve will strengthen the U.S. military / Stephen Benjamin -- Viewpoint 6 Allowing gays to serve will weaken the U.S. military / Robert G. Marshall -- Model essays and writing exercises -- Preface A: The five-paragraph essay -- Preface B: The persuasive essay -- Essay one: america's confusion: openly gay soldiers and civil rights in the military -- Exercise 1a: create an outline from an existing essay -- Exercise 1b: create an outline for your own essay -- Essay two: a gay-friendly military is a weakened military -- Exercise 2a: create an outline from an existing essay -- Exercise 2b: identifying persuasive techniques -- Essay three: the military's loss -- Exercise 3a: examining introductions and conclusions -- Exercise 3b: using quotations to enliven your essay -- Final writing challenge: write your own persuasive five-paragraph essay -- Supporting research material -- Appendix a: facts about gays in the military -- Appendix b: finding and using sources of information -- Appendix c: using MLA to create a works cited list -- Appendix d: sample essay topics -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.