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Woman Becomes First Openly Gay General
The New York Times ^ | 8/12/2012 | Matthew L. Wald

Posted on 08/13/2012 7:44:06 AM PDT by darrellmaurina

WASHINGTON — An Army officer being promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexuality on Friday by having her wife pin her star to her uniform, thus becoming the first openly gay officer of flag rank in the United States military.

The officer, Brig. Gen. Tammy S. Smith, 49, a 26-year veteran of the Army, was promoted in a ceremony at the women’s memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The star was affixed by Tracey Hepner, who was a co-founder last year of the Military Partners and Families Coalition, which “provides support, resources, education and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military partners and their families,” according to its Web site.

The couple married in March 2011 in the District of Columbia.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; bhodod; conductunbecoming; cultureofcorruption; culturewar; fifthcolumn; gaystapo; generalsmith; homosexual; homosexualagenda; infiltration; lavendermafia; lyingliar; nationalsecurity; obamalegacy; politicalcorrectness; socialistmilitary; tammysmith; tammyssmith; usarmy
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1 posted on 08/13/2012 7:44:09 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
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To: wagglebee

Ping requested to Wagglebee’s homosexual agenda list.

Obviously this as been going on for a long time — BG Smith’s “wife” left the Army way back in 1986 and “said she left the Army because of the strains of maintaining a secret lesbian relationship.”


2 posted on 08/13/2012 7:47:04 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
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Congrats to her! Its good to see a person rise to their ultimate potential by being promoted amongst her peers.

Its NOT so great for her to rub America’s nose in her sexual orientation, which should be PRIVATE in all manners of speaking AND action! IMO.


3 posted on 08/13/2012 7:49:31 AM PDT by NCDragon (If you can't stand behind the troops, try standing in front of them!)
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To: darrellmaurina; Revolting cat!; wagglebee

Douglas MacArthur’s head exploded just reading the headline.


4 posted on 08/13/2012 7:50:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Eric Holder's NAACP rally against the voter ID laws required the press to bring govt issue photo ID.)
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To: darrellmaurina

Okay, so this GENERAL lied through the early part of her career, as before Clinton’s “Don’t tell ...” policy, recruits were most certainly asked.

Doesn’t sound like the makings of a general to me.


5 posted on 08/13/2012 7:51:21 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("I love to hear you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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To: darrellmaurina

If she’s “openly gay”, then there are videos available of her performances, right?


6 posted on 08/13/2012 7:51:34 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: darrellmaurina

What, females in the military who are LESBIANS?

I’m shocked, SHOCKED!

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7 posted on 08/13/2012 7:51:39 AM PDT by AnalogReigns (reality is analog, not digital...)
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8 posted on 08/13/2012 7:53:08 AM PDT by Baynative (A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for others)
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To: NCDragon

There is nothing to congratulate.

She is an exhibit of PC promotion over qualifications. She has no place in the military. She lied AND she compromised national security by allowing her lie to leave her exposed to being blackmailed.

She is just another sick sex fetishist that compromised the military same as those in abugrab had their little sex fetish cult.


9 posted on 08/13/2012 7:53:36 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: darrellmaurina

The types of leaders Obama’s military needs to fight wars against the American people.


10 posted on 08/13/2012 7:54:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: darrellmaurina
Recruit Lynch.... reporting for duty, General Sweetcheeks!
11 posted on 08/13/2012 7:54:47 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: NCDragon

Yess!


12 posted on 08/13/2012 7:58:02 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: NCDragon
This is Amerika’s new homo force, no longer the finest fighting men in the world.
13 posted on 08/13/2012 7:58:28 AM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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To: darrellmaurina

They should all stay in the closet & stop broadcasting what they do in their bedrooms.


14 posted on 08/13/2012 7:58:39 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: darrellmaurina

Why do homosexuals use the terms “husband” and “wife”??? Aren’t we supposed to be liberal, and not “hetero-normative” about these issues??????


15 posted on 08/13/2012 7:58:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: darrellmaurina

This type of weakness in the standing US Army will just serve to make the New Confederate Army’s job that much easier in CWII scenario.


16 posted on 08/13/2012 7:59:16 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: darrellmaurina

There’s NO army in the world we can’t lick now!


17 posted on 08/13/2012 7:59:30 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Today if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. RReagan)
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To: darrellmaurina

Being called on the carpet will take on new meaning with that General.


18 posted on 08/13/2012 7:59:51 AM PDT by AU72
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To: darrellmaurina

If somebody would have told me that this was possible when I enlisted in the 80’s, I would have laughed in their face.
I hate what these people (those pushing the homosexual agenda) are doing to our military. These people will not be happy until they render our military one big, gay, combat-ineffective organization.


19 posted on 08/13/2012 8:01:55 AM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: darrellmaurina
This is really sick and disgusting.

Our military is being ruined right before our very eyes.

20 posted on 08/13/2012 8:02:37 AM PDT by Gritty (This election represents the last exit ramp before the death spiral - Mark Steyn)
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