News
2007-04-10
Army recruiter
suspended for antigay e-mails
Army suspends
recruiter for antigay e-mails
The Army
recruiter who sent antigay and racist rants to a J
The Army
recruiter who sent antigay and racist rants to a Jersey
City, N.J., job seeker via e-mail has been
suspended from recruiting and is under investigation
by the military, reports the Chicago Tribune.
On February 27,
Sgt. Marcia Ramode contacted freelance copywriter Corey
Andrew Powell, who had posted his résumé on
CareerBuilder.com, inviting him to apply to the armed
forces. Powell responded that he was openly gay
and asked if that would disqualify him. The two exchanged
e-mails for the next three days in which Ramode became
increasingly insulting and racist.
According to the
Tribune, she wrote, "You head off to gay land
of people who have no morals, and get rid of yourself.
Personally I think being gay is disgusting and immoral. You
are definitely unqualified, now take you gay self
someplace else we do not tolerate gay people like you
in any part of the military."
Douglas Smith, a
spokesman for the U.S. Army Recruitment Command at Fort
Knox, Ky., confirmed to the Tribune
that Ramode has been suspended from recruiting duties
until the investigation is complete. Citing the
investigation, he did not comment on the
sergeant's actions but indicated that there is a
procedure in place for handling openly gay applicants and
all recruiters are expected to behave
professionally.
"If an applicant
makes a statement that he or she is homosexual, the
recruiter must inform the applicant in a professional manner
that they are not eligible for enlistment," Smith said
in a statement. (The Advocate)
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