Posted on 11/06/2010 7:52:20 PM PDT by WebFocus
With all the problems with the economy THIS will be one of their main priorities?
Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. Trying to legitimize depravity...Did anyone really think we’d see this in our lifetime? Legitimizing anal sexual intercourse. It is such a disgusting act it boggles my mind that so many ‘straight’ people accept it as normal.
Please pass the vomit bag.
Is there anything that can stop this ‘lame duck’ blitz? Constitutionally, where do we stand?
While they’re at it, something needs to be done to address marriage within a command, or more specifically within a unit. Let’s take your first example. What if, instead of Sgt A, and privates B,C,D, and E, we have SSG A, and Sgt B and C, each of whom lead a fire team under SSG A. If SSG A is married to Sgt B, and sends Sgt C’s fireteam to flank an enemy emplacement while Sgt B provides cover, what is Sgt C’s team going to think? Or, if on post, SSG A puts Sgt C’s team on trash detail, then what? Alternately, if SSG A puts B’s team on detail, that could stress the relationship and impair both SSG A and Sgt B, and then the whole squad is impaired.
Yes, I know SSGs don’t usually lead squads, but the point is sound.
The arrogance of these people is astounding. Even in defeat they are defiant and determined to shove the last vestiages of their agenda down our throats, the economy and real national problems be damned. I am so sick of these ideologs, I would really rather they just take the rest of the year off and stay out of our faces.
They can repeal it, as long as it reverts to the previous policy.
Will that make them go away?
Excellent article, not only for its reasoning regarding sexual conduct, but also in its explanation of the stress involved in military service.
DADT, plus Card Check to name a couple they are going to try to do in the “lame duck”.
Myself, I think there should be a poll of active duty military about how they feel.
After all...they are the ones that will have to deal with it.
Not our “safe” government or the coalition for the LBGT or LGT...whatever.
It will not revert to the previous policy. Homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgenders will be given special protected status of the same kind as already claimed by blacks, hispanics, and women. The other troops will be forced to endure endless sensitivity training sessions and will be summarily discharged if they openly express disagreement or disgust with the homosexual agenda or lifestyle.
Ditto on the excellent article. The key point is that service members can’t leave and they can’t argue with superiors and they are all trained to operate lethal weapons with great amounts of stress applied routinely.
I am hoping that DADT is still around to be addressed by the Honorable Congressman from Florida 22 - Lt. Col. Allen B West. That will be some floor speech.
There have been such polls:
‘Don’t ask’ survey published (Military Times)
Next month, the Pentagon is expected to release a report that assessed the replies of over 400,000 service members who were surveyed on the issue.
Without replacing it with something else (can you say hot potato) this would merely make policy fall back on the old practice of “if you’re gay you can’t come in, and if you are found gay while in, you get dishonorably discharged.” Surely the Rats know this, and they’re not talking about what’s going to take the place of DADT, and the “gay” community does not seem to be voicing any concern. Weird.
Placemark for pingout tomorrow.
And Sola Veritas took one of these surveys, and testified about it’s bogusness on another thread.
Sola, if you don’t mind copying or re-telling what you said on that other thread some days ago. I should have saved it; I don’t remember which thread it was on.
I’ve said it for many years...the racial analogy drawn by DADT opponents it wrong. A much better analogy is the integration of women into the services. It works, as well as it does, because we recognize men and women are of fundamentally different worth but they behave differently.Marash, nails the issue perfectly. Except for one point, by not beginning to discuss actual polices for addressing behavior, DADT repeal activist are being disloyal to the interest of gay service members.
The “survey” done by DoD was bogus. It was not an attempt to guage what the service personnel thought about openly serving homosexuals, it was about how to implement the policy. I was “tagged” to take the survey as an army reservist. The survey didn’t allow one to clearly state opposition or objection. Here is the opening paragraph in the letter telling me that I had been picked to respond:
“We request your participation in the 2010 Department of Defense (DoD) Compreshensive Review Survey of the Uniformed Force. This survey will help leadership assess the impacts, if any, a change in the law commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” might have on military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention. It will also help DoD develop an action plan to support effective implementation if repeal occurs.”
Does this sound like they really care what someone thinks except the bottom line of....will you get out or encourage others to do the same?
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