The fragment of today’s NY Times editorial below tells it all. Politics has blocked the opening up of our military to gays — many other nations have no problem with this and we lose great talents we could use with this political blockage. How sad and also hurtful to the U.S. which could well use the talents of gays from some of the nations with which we are dealing — or at war. Gay people tend to specialize in interesting things such as languages — Arabic, etc.
Negotiations with Iran and its language could be helped, too, although they execute gays there: Saturday, July 23, 2005 “Execution of two gay teens in Iran spurs controversy” International controversy erupted after Iranian officials executed two gay teenagers who were originally reported to be convicted of homosexuality, however later reports released by the Iranian government after international furor claimed the conviction was for the rape of a 13-year-old boy. The two were hanged July 19. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Execution_of_two_gay_teens_in_Iran_spurs_controversy
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Editorial Military Equality Goes Astray Published: September 21, 2010 The best chance this year to repeal the irrational ban on openly gay members of the military slipped away Tuesday, thanks to the buildup of acrimony and mistrust in the United States Senate. Republicans, with the aid of two Arkansas Democrats, unanimously voted to filibuster the Pentagon’s financing authorization bill, largely because Democrats had included in it a provision to end the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell†policy. — “A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope.” (Livy cited by Machiavelli) — Ed Kent [blind copies]
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Maybe your hero Harry Reid shouldn’t have attached amnesty and forcing military hospitals to perform abortions to the bill
They knew it wouldnt pass. Its just a bunch of hasbeen dems trying to ingratiate the gays and hispanics to come vote for them in November. Mr Kent should do an article on the caring dems in Bell,CA that were paying themselves high dollar wages at the expense of the town where 1 in 6 lives below the poverty line.
Good morning. You know what? I am so sick of this whole topic. Someone’s orientation is between them and their god. Spare the rest of us from even knowing such a private topic.
As a veteran of a combat infantry unit, I cannot imagine the conflict of having openly gay men in my old unit. I am sure that an Air Force avionics repair unit would be different.
But the soldiers who live and fight together would be torn apart by gays living “out and proud.” I know that there are gays in these units. But they are hidden, and no one pries into their inner lives. It has been thus for centuries.
Why does everyone want to force this on a volunteer organization? If the gays don’t like the Army way, let them join the Army of the Netherlands.
My church is voluntary, but we believe that homosexuality is a sin. When will the government force us to allow gays to “serve openly” in our organization?
I look forward to the day when sexual deviants are allowed to adopt children and serve openly in the military. I can’t believe this awful woman would condemn this! I am in the Navy and I want our homosexuals to be free to tell us about their sexual deviation and I want them to be loud and proud! I want to be able to look around me and 24/7 on a 6 month deployment and take comfort in knowing that the people who I’m working closely with and sharing living quarters with are sexual deviants. I want them to be able to walk around on the boat all day long proclaiming their deviation for me and all of my fellow honorable servicemembers to hear, including the Captain, the Commodore and all of the marines on the boat! I will not rest until sexual deviants are practicing their deviation openly, loud and proud, in full military uniform. Dear God please get them into the service. And to those of you that are in the service having to conceal your sexual deviation; thank you for your service! We’re gonna make sure you can be open, it might take some more work, but we’ll make it happen!!! God bless you guys
I am in the marine corps. I want my fellow marines to worry about performing their jobs, not shouting from the rooftops their sexuality.
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