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Mattachine Society, Inc

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Mattachine REVIEW

Copyright 1956 by the Mattachine Society, Inc.

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In San Francisco recently, military police swooped down a remote section of beach and arrested six persons--all adult men, and charged them with immoral sex offenses. The action was conducted in daylight hours on a military reservation. One of those arrested was a member of the armed forces but the others were civilians.

It is not the purpose of the Review to condemn these men in any sense of the word before their cases are heard in court. But the charges, if true, represent a deplorable situation: they indicate something which the editors see and hear about. all too often Many persons in the homophile minority` appear to seek unlimited license in the sex sphere. This will never happen, and such a goal is not the aim of Mattachine.

Upholding the right of two consenting adults to privately engage in sex expressions of their choice, so long as it is without force, harm or fraud, is one thing. Along with many others, in the professions, we believe this 'should be possible without breaking a law. We make no reference to the morality of such expression, if practiced, because that is a matter for the individual, the family and church to decide and cope with. But, as it is often headlined in the public press, some ersons go far beyond the point that any society, no matter how free and enlightened on sex matters, can condone. One result follows: Police step in. An enraged public then demands even more severe restrictions, and past efforts to eliminate prejudice and bigotry are washed away in the tide of emotions which grips our lawmakers. (Continued on page 43)

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AUGUST 1956

TOWARD A CLARIFICATION OF HOMOSEXUAL TERMINOLOGY, Alfred C. Kinsey.

WHOM SHOULD WE TELL? Carl B. Harding. THE ITALIAN PENAL CODE, Mack Fingal.. THE HOMOSEXUAL FACES A CHALLENGE, Ken Burns. MORALITY V: THE MORES, Luther Allen...

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AWARDS OF MERIT FROM MATTACHINE. DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS. READ IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

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