Posted on 06/25/2013 6:11:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Eric Fanning, the acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force and the first openly homosexual to hold the post, touted how gay pride events were being celebrated around the globe, including in Afghanistan. Fanning said he wanted to give a shout-out to all the other DOD Pride events at the Department of Defenses LGBT Pride Month event at the Pentagon on Tuesday.
Eric Fanning, acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force and openly homosexual.
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This is not the DOD pride event, Fanning said. They're all over the world, including in Kandahar and Bagram this week in Afghanistan. The U.S. State Departments country report on Afghanistan for 2012 says, The law criminalizes consensual same-sex sexual conduct activity, and there were reports that harassment, violence, and detentions by the police increased significantly during the year. No law exists to address discrimination or harassment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Homosexuality was widely seen as taboo and indecent. Organizations devoted to the protection or exercise of freedom of sexual orientation remained underground. We call these pride events as a way of demonstrating that we are proud of the progress we've made as a community, but I know for all of us here in the Pentagon and across the department, there is a different meaning, a larger meaning, said Fanning, who served in the Clinton administration as an associate director of political affairs. We are proud that we are able to serve as part of the military, in or out of uniform, proud that we are able to contribute to this great mission of protecting our nation, Fanning said.
I am disgusted beyond words.
Lord, come quickly.
Russia is sounding better every day. Do they allow Americans to immigrate or will I have to sneak across the border.
There are moments when even a basically secular person such as myself gives an involuntary shudder of anticipation of the judgment being passed on his nation. ‘You have been weighed in the balance.....’
Is that really good for Americas image abroad?
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No, but it is not their goal to improve America’s image abroad; their goal is to destroy America. And they are enjoying huge successes.
“The same Air Force that helped bring Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini to their knees? “
hell, the only reason this cock sucker goes to his knees is to blow Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini.
The Air Force wasn't formed until 1947.
You know what I mean! Jeez, it’s not as if there were no Air Force until 1947. The Army Air Corps and later Army Air Forces did help bring those fascists to their knees.
But you are talking about the organization which did not exist then, it was under the offices of the Army.
Maybe it should be back under control of the Army. But of course they’re probably headed in the same direction.
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They can start with him.
He’s down with the struggle man
They were as independent as it is possible to be and still be under the parent branch. They even had their own 5 star general.
Henry H. Arnold
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold
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What kind of sub-cabinet level official gives a "shout out"? Thoroughly unprofessional.
He’s about one step below the secretary of Defense, actually.
Hey Air Force guys and gals out there: WTF is wrong with the Air Force?
I've served around AF personnel on several deployments, and to put it very mildly, I wasn't impressed. I saw Air Force senior officers that I wouldn't trust to run a lemon-aid stand.
What's the deal with the Air Force these days?
Well homosexuality is illegal except for the dancing boys. :-)
what a pitiful country we've become...
I'm thru encouraging people to go into the military....even the guard....
Our enemies are laughing their asses off.
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