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Allowing homosexuals would boost military recruitment, group argues
CNSNews ^ | July 26, 2005 | Alexa Moutevelis

Posted on 07/26/2005 7:33:40 AM PDT by Gunner9mm

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To: politicalwit

"Queer eye for the GI." That is the goal of the homosexuals; to have free access to showering with your sons and daughters. If they would be segregated, fine, just as we segregate normal men from women in showers. But for my son to be forced to shower with homosexuals is truly a disgusting and degrading thought.

The Clinton clan supported homosexuals in the military as a method to demoralize and degrade our warriors. Another of his outstanding directives to bring down America.


41 posted on 07/26/2005 8:04:09 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Conservatism: doing what is right instead of what is easy)
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To: Millee

But they want you to know how much better they are than you.


42 posted on 07/26/2005 8:06:10 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: aaronbeth

That's right, I forgot about that story. There was a similar situation in Boulder a few years ago where a kid (male) got a job in a coffee shop and his first day on the job he showed up in a dress, fake nails, jewelry etc. Definately not how he looked when he interviewed. The ACLU made sure he kept his job, of course. Weird people out there.


43 posted on 07/26/2005 8:07:01 AM PDT by Millee (So you're a feminist......isn't that cute??)
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To: massgopguy

There are soooo many other ways to show me that! :-)


44 posted on 07/26/2005 8:08:18 AM PDT by Millee (So you're a feminist......isn't that cute??)
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To: GOPJ

Elaine Donnelly is a national treasure.


45 posted on 07/26/2005 8:08:26 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: Neoliberalnot

There were gay guys in my squadron, and everyone knew who they were. They also knew to keep it in the closet to stay out of trouble, and if you ask me the system worked fine for 200 years. The problem now is they want to be "open" with their sexuality, which would cause big problems, as would anyone be too open with their sexuality. They just need to understand that some people are morally opposed to what they do, so they need to keep it private and off base.

One of our corpsman was gay, but it never came up, and the guy did a hell of a job sewing up my arm. What he did off base was his own business. I'm sure we had plenty of adulterers as well, but they didn't advertise it.


46 posted on 07/26/2005 8:09:33 AM PDT by oldleft
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To: Gunner9mm

Allowing homosexuals in the miltary might boost the ranks of homosexuals in the military, but it will delete all the other groups. It will destroy moral. PERIOD!


47 posted on 07/26/2005 8:10:00 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The government and courts are stealing your freedom & liberty!)
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To: Gunner9mm
Oh boy, here we go again. The gay population has to stir up the military at least once a year. I believe one has to sign off on that bylaw when joining the club. I'm sick and tired of hearing about it. It's gonna happen. No use in telling yourselves it won't. The politicians are too busy trying not to offend anyone that, eventually, the gays will be allowed in. I'm thankful that I'll be long retired before it happens, but its gonna happen.
48 posted on 07/26/2005 8:13:04 AM PDT by Mathews (Shot... Splash... Out!)
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To: agere_contra

I can just imagine a group of Islamic terrorists being routed by a regiment of gay military men and the ensuing humiliation they would suffer.


49 posted on 07/26/2005 8:13:49 AM PDT by Ashamed Canadian (America - please invade us now!)
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To: Gunner9mm
Overt gays in the Catholic priesthood helped them make their numbers, too. But a few of them did some bad things and made it a very costly and destructive idea over the long run. I have read that there were seminaries where straights would feel left out.

I am sure a lot of quietly gay folks are wonderful soldiers, but that is not what we are talking about here.

50 posted on 07/26/2005 8:19:33 AM PDT by Montfort (Many liberals hate Bush more than they love life.)
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To: Gunner9mm

Homosexuality is incompatable with any military service.

There is ZERO privacy and you are living one on top of the other.

The assigned living spaces on submarines is SMALLER than a dorm closet. (seen it myself)

This is absurd and like saying that the blood supply could be increased if homosexuals were allowed to donate blood despite being 90+% of all new aids cases (per CDC)

We should dump don't ask, don't tell into DO ask and DO expell.


51 posted on 07/26/2005 8:25:33 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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Yeah,right. And boost the kill ratio in the barracks.

That's exactly the problem!! Advocates of gays in the military conveniently overlook this when arguing their point. The problem isn't how the gays perform their job, it's the problems with unit cohesion that arise.

Combat units pride themselves on a macho image. Anyone that they feel is effeminate becomes a target, whether they're gay or not. They become a target in barracks. The military isn't like a college dorm. During exercises and actual operations, you have to spend 24 hours a day with other members of your unit. You have to sleep next to each other, shower next to each other, and you can't get away.

We had exercises where we crammed 520 people in a 3000 square foot shelter for two weeks. There wasn't enough room for everyone to even lay down at the same time. There was a six man shower that was constantly in operation. There was no air conditioning , there was always some activity going on so sleep was difficult, and little irritants became major problems. Throwing gays into that mix would cause even more problems.

There have been cases where gays have been beaten and killed. It makes the job of the supervisors, first sergeants, and commanders very difficult.

52 posted on 07/26/2005 8:27:02 AM PDT by mbynack
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To: RetiredArmy

Remember when there was that rash of overboard "accidents" in the early days of the Clinton administration? It was around the first 100 days when Clinton pushed to allow the homosexualizing of the military.

This is straight from hitlary and her view of the military as a social experiment funded by federal tax dollars.


53 posted on 07/26/2005 8:30:12 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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I rather prefer they stay in the closet.


54 posted on 07/26/2005 8:31:40 AM PDT by jackv
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To: longtermmemmory
Right. Pink camouflage uniforms will not blend into the forest back ground.
55 posted on 07/26/2005 8:42:13 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The government and courts are stealing your freedom & liberty!)
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To: jackv

The public was really accepting of the "queer eye show" humiliating that baseball team which shall remain nameless.

(s)something children can look up to as a role model.(/s)

What other BEHAVIOR gets the "hyphen american" moniker? There are no swinger americans, bondage americans, or even pedophile americans. HOWEVER this particular fetish is somehow special.

I think it is LONG overdue to legislate what the political APA refuses to do because of pervert politics. Prohibit homosexuals from adopting or working with children in ANY capacity.


56 posted on 07/26/2005 8:45:47 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: Gunner9mm
"The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law hangs like a 'Gays Not Welcome' sign outside the Pentagon's front door,"

Exactly. And that's the way we (in the military) want it.

57 posted on 07/26/2005 8:46:50 AM PDT by JRios1968 (The C-5 Galaxy (http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=84)...sometimes, size DOES matter!)
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To: Montfort

This article is stating the obvious. We'd also boost recruitment if we let people who weren't citizens, or foreign nationals join the army.

I'm concerned about our recruiting problems. I don't really care one way or the other about letting gays in, but that's definitely NOT the solution to our problems in any way.


58 posted on 07/26/2005 8:47:30 AM PDT by Pop Fly
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To: little jeremiah

Hi Little Jeremiah,

You wrote: "Well, if the military gave up all standards altogher it would certainly boost recruitment. Serving in the military isn't a right, it's a privileged duty. Not everyone who wants to join is eligible."

You are spot-on. Civilians (and more precisely "agenda" civilians) have no understanding of the military and how it operates. It is NOT a social experiment. There is a chain of command and ANYTHING that breaks down that chain of command cannot be tolerated. That is why the "don't ask, don't tell" policy is bogus. Homosexuality is an addiction to perversion and as such, can never be kept discreet. The entire lifestyle revolves around sex and yes, that can easily break down the chain of command.

The pro "females in foxholes" crowd doesn't have a clue either. They have no concept of why or how the military works.

Brian


59 posted on 07/26/2005 8:51:57 AM PDT by Kharis13
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To: jpsb

I know people who did not join just because Bill Clinton was C in C.

This is INTENDED as a moral breaker.

If homosexuals are so hell bent on a military career then they can join some euro homosexual permitting army.


60 posted on 07/26/2005 8:53:51 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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