-Caveat Lector-
While the case mentioned below is regarding a married officer having sex with a fellow
soldier (female) who
was not his wife, it is interesting to see that the Canadian Army extends the 'no sex'
ban to include the
spouses of enlisted personnel...
So much for 'family values'...
June
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:58 AM
Subject: Puritanism in Canadian Army - Sex is Bad!
>
> http://canadanews.about.com/aboutcanada/canadanews/library/weekly/aa011001a.htm
>
> No Sex Please, We're Soldiers
> Army Can Ban Sex
>
> Dateline: 01/10/01
>
> A Canadian peacekeeper could be court-martialed for having sex with
> another soldier after a military court upheld the armed force's ban on sex,
> even between married couples.
>
> Air Force Corporal Jeff Montgomery's lawyer argued that the ban was
> unconstitutional because it violated Canada's Charter of Rights and
> Freedoms by denying soldiers the chance to form relationships.
>
> A military judge ruled that Canada's Armed Forces has the right to ban all
> forms of sexual activity at overseas peacekeeping bases. Military personnel
> and spouses are prohibited from hand-holding, flirting, being seen in the
> quarters of the opposite sex, or any sexual activity.
>
> Sex Too Dangerous For Army
>
> "With sexual activities -- even if it is with married couples -- it could
> lead to feelings of jealousy, even violence, feelings of favoritism and
> disrupting the feelings of cohesion and morale," said judge Colonel Guy
> Brais.
>
> Montgomery is a member of the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and is a
> 32-year-old married father of one. He is charged with "conduct prejudicial
> to the good order of service discipline." During a a peacekeeping mission
> in Bosnia, he allegedly bedded a 36-year-old female corporal three times in
> four nights while his roommate tried to sleep about three feet away.
>
> Master Corporal Alan Warren testified that the encounters disturbed his
> sleep. "I woke up at midnight to the sound of two people having sex in
> Montgomery's bed," he testified Tuesday. "Springs were squeaking, there was
> the sound of kissing and bodies slapping together and voices. After two
> minutes, I put a Walkman on, turned it up to drown out the noise and went
> to sleep."
>
> The charges resulted after Warren complained to a superior. In
> cross-examination, Warren was accused of having his own relationship with
> an American servicewoman in Sarajevo for which Montgomery had reproached
> him. Warren denied fabricating the story to get even.
>
> Double Standard?
>
> Women serve in all wings of the Canadian Armed Forces but not in combat
> roles. Their minority position in the military was ruled to be a support
> for the fraternization ban.
>
> "Seven per cent of those at the camp are women, and sexual activity
> between members could negatively affect their responsibilities," said the
> judge.
>
> The woman who allegedly slept with Montgomery was not charged but the
> military has given no explanation why.
>
> Chain Of Embarrassments
>
> The case is the latest discipline embarrassment for the Armed Forces.
> Cases in recent years include: an officer poisoned, sexual harassment
> cover-ups exposed, the airborne division disbanded for hazing and a public
> inquiry into racism among peacekeepers in Somalia.
>
> >From Canada Newsletter
> http://canadanews.about.com/aboutcanada/canadanews/library/weekly/aa011001a.htm
>
>
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