Monument to Homosexuals Is OK; Monument to Ten Commandments Isn't

NewsMas ^ | Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003

[DannyTN]

Here's an ironical juxtaposition that hardly anyone is reporting. Even as Alabama gives a monument to the Ten Commandments the boot, California is showing off an exclusionary and divisive new monument to homosexual and "transgender" war veterans.

Homosexual activists are celebrating Tuesday's unveiling of a foot-long marker "In Honor of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Killed in Action" at Capitol Park in Sacramento, the first of its kind in the nation.

"The memorial was installed without proper approvals from state agencies, and officials spent much of the day Tuesday pointing fingers of blame about what went wrong," the Sacramento Bee reported today.

Maurice Johannessen, state secretary of veterans affairs, said he did not approved the project, which activists apparently installed without permission, a spokesman said.

The Department of General Services and the Legislature's Joint Rules Committee, which help oversee the park, denied receiving or approving any request for the monument.

The office of embattled Gov. Gray Davis said Johannessen had approved the marker but should have had General Services review it too.

Support From Gray Davis

Davis supports the monument, underling Russell Lopez told the Bee.

"The fact that these veterans who sacrificed their lives are members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community in no way lessens the fact that they are heroes and fought for their country," Lopez said.

So how many war heroes hail from the "transgender community"? That remains a mystery.

By the way, homosexual activists who attended the unveiling Tuesday raised the flag - not the Stars and Stripes, but a rainbow flag representing "gay pride."

Participants included homosexual Assembly Democrats Christine Kehoe of San Diego, Jackie Goldberg of Los Angeles, Mark Leno of San Francisco and John Laird of Santa Cruz. Goldberg remains notorious as one of the leftist Democrats caught last month plotting to worsen California's budget crisis.

Opponents called the marker "offensive and disgraceful, saying soldiers should not be honored based on sexual orientation," the Bee reported.

"To single out such a group because of their sexual proclivities is inappropriate," said Bill Manes, a spokesman for California State Commanders Veterans Council, consisting of 20 statewide veterans organizations.

Curiously, California does not have a monument to heterosexual veterans. So much for "diversity."

[DannyTN]

We are really screwed up, when we can erect monuments to immorality in public places because it's irreligious, but we can't even acknowledge God or the Ten commandments.

[JonathansMommie]

This is a real screwed Up world we live in. Where we don't want to see the ten commandments in public places. But we throw up this stupid monument. I think the world is a little Backwords.

[Living Free in NH]

Homosexual activists are celebrating Tuesday's unveiling of a foot-long marker

Umm, how fitting (pun intended).

[FormerLib]

Ping

[OXENinFLA]

Here it is folks

[Free_at_last_-2001]

We are really screwed up, when we can erect monuments to immorality in public places because it's irreligious, but we can't even acknowledge God or the Ten commandments. - Agreed!

[shawnlaw]

I'm sure a 5" marker would have been more representative.

[smith288]

Im outraged! They didnt include incestual, beastual and S&M folks in their sexual deviated veterans memorial!

*gag*

I shall remember all who have fallen for our country and for our God given freedoms...not just those who were confused sexually.

[TheCrusader]

This "monument" seems more like a salute to homosexuality than it does to patriotism. It's more like they're dumping on Veterans than saluting them. My personal favorite monument to homosexuals is the sulphuric crustation that covers Sodom.

[Tactical]

Hmmm gives me an idea to make this monument park obviously the joke it has turned out to be....

We need the following monuments there as well!

1. Monument to all Veterans that were born in January, February, March and so on (that's 12 new monuments right there!

2. Individual monuments to all Vets born in each year since 1775. That's 228 new monuments.

3. Monuments to all red haired Vets, Brown, blond, etc Oh and let's not forget bald either!

Can we think of some more monuments for Vets at this park as well?

What a joke California has become over the last 50 years!

[Paulie]

"Here's an ironical juxtaposition that hardly anyone is reporting."

No surprise there. I'll bet nobody mentions this on the Sunday talk shows either.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[sauropod]

Women are as essential for men as bicycles are for fish...

[bk1000]

"We are really screwed up, when we can erect monuments to immorality in public places because it's irreligious, but we can't even acknowledge God or the Ten commandments. "

Technically, yes, but the truth is that leftists whine and get what they want while the right, so afraid of being called a (fill in the blank -ist) kowtows to their demands.
Most conservative politicians have no spine, and the liberals know it. This could have been done by four or five whiners whining in front of the right media outlet. The right should say 'heck no', but won't because the left will whine more and call them names. Until the right officially takes a stand expect more of the same.

[george wythe]

So how many war heroes hail from the "transgender community"? That remains a mystery.

That was funny.

My guess is two: Bust-a-monte and Boob-a-monte

[Alouette]

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Killed in Action

How did anyone know? Or are they just making this claim on the basis of "they were hiding in the closet"

[Sabatier]

The conclusion I've reached on all this basic disrespect for Judeo-Christian beliefs is that being a believer was never supposed to be easy.
Sure, there was a time in this country when it was relatively easy to be a believer. There wasn't a lot of conflict over our basic values. Being a believer wasn't associated with having a backwards outlook. And the symbols of those beliefs were treated with the respect they had earned over thousands of years.
But now a new set of values demands equal public respect with the Judeo-Christian values. Novelty gets the same or better treatment than tradition.
But ask yourself, think anybody would be willing to be thrown to the lions for the rainbow flag? Think anybody in the New Age movement would spend ten minutes in a dungeon for the sake of the right to burn incense and hang crystals from the car mirror?
They can run around waving their symbols all they want but ours are made of tougher stuff and that's the way it's been for a long, long time.

[hang 'em]

The country is doomed. Doomed!

[SavannahMan]

And I guess that this monument is also in honor of that great TV trans Klinger on M*A*SH. Who can that these people serious?