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They should be ashamed of themselves and, given their bizarre need to attack others while declaring their patriotism and heterosexual bonafides so loudly, I imagine that, deep down, they are...
We have soldiers who kill Iraqis for no reason, torture prisoners, preach to Afghanis, try to convert every arab to Christianity, but HEAVEN FORBID if you are born gay.
Sickening.
how dare they?
shame on those faux "patriots". bigots and short sighted fools they are.
How shameful if he died in service to those who would not grant him full equality. How noble it would be.
To discharge gays just because they are gay is crazy. Heck, I found out after I left the service that many of my cohorts were gay and I didn't even know about it while serving. Gays do the job just like anyone else.
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Consider the source of the policy's support...
They were born gay. If they are fired for that, I know they could easily find another profession but the country could not easily replace them and all that they have to offer in their service to it.
Unfortunately, I'm beginning to associate seeing blonds on TV with the FOX channel and them being right-winged Xtian thumper air-heads.
These idiots don't even know who they are or what they really stand for. None of them begged to go to war......okay... None of them Volunteered to go. But they did beg the American public into going.
As one commentator noted, the Air Force Academy has already become an evangelical seminary in all but official name.
As long as this cancer of radical Christianity is growing inside our military, do not look for DADT to be overturned.
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
My experience is that the chaplains in the military are mostly fundamentalists and are very untrustworthy. My last commander in the military was a graduate of Oral Roberts University (which we laughingly called "Six Flags Over Jesus" behind his back). Under this commander, we had his Evangelical-Pentecostal religion force fed on us. You haven't lived until you've had someone speaking in tongues and praying before you go on a mission. If you didn't go along with it, you weren't seen as a "team player" or a "good leader." And it was worse when we were deployed or in the field -- we were even more of a captive audience. I have no doubt that one's level of "cooperation" in religious matters had an impact on their OERs (rating reports), promotions, unit assignments, being given awards, etc. I remember reading that in the Soviet Union towards the end, people would show up at Communist Party meetings, lectures, etc. They might not have been into it or enthused about it (even ridiculed it internally), but being seen just sitting through these things was helpful to their careers. That was my attitude towards all of the praying, the Bible studies, etc. I was a gay Episcopalian and I even played the piano for some of their services when I was asked. I think it is hilarious because they were convinced I was "one of them."
If you don't fight discrimination, you are doing nothing but joining in the bigotry even if you're silent about it.
Superb manoever.
This soldier is brave and patriotic and he knowingly violated an unjust law. Part of the theater of civil disobedience is to willingly suffer the consequences. Like the civil rights movement in the 50s and early 60s, it may take many more such acts of courage to put enough pressure on Congress.
He can't get rid of the law himself, he doesn't have that power. Only congress can do that.
He DOES have the power to suspend it though.
This is NOT the same as a sycophant lawyer telling Bush he can torture, murder, rape or whatever if he feels like it.
I don't get why gay and lesbian americans are willing to give up their lives in support of a country who's leadership calls them names, treats them with disrespect and doesn't think they deserve the same rights and responsiblities as the fat lazy rednecks across the country who's freedom these soldiers are willing to fight and die for.
The only time gay issues move to the forefront is if either party sees it as a way to gain votes (whether it be anti gay or pro gay) Its time to stop with the politics and do the right thing.. One would think having a biracial president would help things along but alas we sit in the back seat and wait.
He's doing it right. He's rising about the garbage and demonstrating what pride, dignity and integrity really are. They're not abstract ideas as the pundits seem to express.
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Where is the GLBT leadership on this? Are they going to let time pass them by and not act until it is too late? (see prop. 8)
And how does one get exposed by being gay from "don't ask don't tell" unless they said they were gay out of the blue. Why would his soldiers need to know he is gay? They don't ask, he doesn't tell, it doesn't even need to come up. He broke a code that was simple to follow and now he needs to take the responsibility for that action.