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February, 2005, 13:56 GMT Royal Navy right to promote gay
rights? Royal Navy HMS Scott The Royal Navy has joined the
Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme to promote gay rights.
Royal Navy spokesman Anton Hanney said the force's existing no-
sex policy will remain in place on ships and at naval bases.
Stonewall's chief executive Ben Summerskill said he was
optimistic that the Army and the RAF would follow suit. He said
the forces staff had become so sophisticated and highly-trained
that they could no longer afford to lose them due to prejudice.
Is the Royal Navy right to promote gay rights? Should the Army
and the RAF do likewise?    Yet another example of the 'liberal'
totalitarians getting their way over common sense. I'm married
and straight and would not feel comfortable in close quarters
with other women or gay men - does that make me a bigot or is it
as I suspect the way the majorit