In the most publicized gay bashing, the corpse of Adam R. Schindler Jr., a U.S. Navy radioman, was found beaten and disfigured in a public toilet in a park in Japan where he served [Sterngold]. After revealing his homosexuality to his peers in the army, he was mutilated and beaten to death beyond recognition. In response, in 1993, the Clinton administration introduced "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [DADT], which meant that military officers could not inquire into a soldier's sexual preferences without reason. and that a soldier should not divulge them voluntarily [McGowan 4]. . Historically, the US military never directly banned homosexuals, only their acts of sodomy, but a change occurred during the World Wars after the Christian belief that homosexuality was a sin spread throughout the world. the army [Frank 1]. The anti-homosexual belief that it weakened the military and demoralized the cause led to attacks similar to Schindler's. Similarly, in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a colonial village finds itself trapped in hysteria seeking justice, order, and retaliation to eliminate the "heathens" who have disrupted the peace and infected their community. In both cases, preconceptions and Christianity played a major role in government policies that alienated society's destabilizers. Until the accusation of the most respected people, their dubious means of information and the resulting sanctions were unquestioned. The biases of modern military policy and the Salem witch trials are based on the misconceptions and stereotypes of the accused. The belief that homosexual men are women wearing shorts, roller skaters with AIDS [McGowan 13] and the perceived image of a sexually motivated homosexual contrast with the "bastion of... middle of paper ... » of the army. ., Department of the Army, 2001. Print. Frank, Nathaniel. Hostile Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America. New York: Thomas Dunne, 2009. Print. Korb, Lawrence J. “The Costs of Not Asking, Not Telling.” Center for American Progress. Np, March 2, 2009. Web. November 9, 2010. .McGowan, Jeffrey. Major Conflict: Life as a Gay Man in the Army “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” New York: Broadway, 2005. Print. Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. 1953. Reprint. New York: Penguin Books, 1976. Print. Sterngold, James. "Navy plans murder charge in gay sailor's death - New York Times." The New York Times - Breaking news, world news and multimedia. New York Times, February 4, 1994. Web. November 12. 2010. .