BERKELEY, Calif. - Officials from the Pentagon have confirmed that the military sought to create a "gay bomb" that would have turned enemy soldiers into homosexuals more interested in sex than in killing, Berkeley's CBS5.com website has reported.
Berkeley's Sunshine Project said it had uncovered the proposal for the hormone bomb, which was ultimately rejected by the military. The Sunshine Project's Edward Hammond said that he had utilized the Freedom of Information Act to get a copy of the proposal from the Wright Laboratory, which is part of the U.S. Air Force, in Dayton, Ohio. The proposal stated in part: "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior." In 1994, the Air Force asked for $7.5 million to develop the chemical weapon.
A spokesperson from the Department of Defense indicated that the "gay bomb" notion was dropped shortly after it was proposed, but Hammond doesn't think that's the case.
He says, "The truth of the matter is, it would have never come to my attention if it was dismissed at the time it was proposed. In fact, the Pentagon has used it repeatedly and subsequently in an effort to promote non-lethal weapons, and in fact they submitted it to the highest scientific review body in the country for them to consider."
Geoff Kors of Equality California told CBS 5, "Throughout history we have had so many brave men and women who are gay and lesbian serving the military with distinction. So, it's just offensive that they think by turning people gay that the other military would be incapable of doing their job. And its absurd because there's so much medical data that shows that sexual orientation is immutable and cannot be changed."
None of this appears to be a joke.
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