Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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clearances. In January (1987) the Pentagon
expanded its rules to compel service personnel,
civilian workers and contract employees with
clearances to divulge whether they had engaged in
such sexual acts as adultery, sodomy and incest.
The rules were intended to ensure, that those with
access to secrets are not vulnerable to blackmail.
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Believers in permissiveness hold that sexual
relations outside the bond of marriage are simply
“sins” in the eyes of God, but are far from harmful
as regards human relationships. Experience,
however, has shown that one who does not adhere
to the limits of the marriage bond in the matter of
sexual relationships is not trustworthy. Through
such a moral lacuna, an enemy can find an access to
our secrets.
THE SCANDAL OF GARY HART
Mr. Gary Hart, the Democratic Party’s candidate for
the Presidential election of 1987, had every chance
of success. An incident, however, took place which
set off such a storm of protest that Mr. Hart had to
resign from the contest.
