Boy, oh boy. Our nation is in a state of national insecurity and at war and guess what the Dems are thinking about? Trying to force the military to hire a bunch of fruitcakes! These people have almost no sense of decency or perception of any kind. Interestingly enough, even Jim Webb, though I dislike him intensely, opposes letting gays serve openly.
To: Princip. Conservative
Mr. Webb does seem to be quite a jerk, at least from some of the FR articles about him posted--such as his rude behavior to President Bush when asked about his son (a soldier).
2 posted on
02/07/2007 11:45:53 PM PST by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( There are too many liberal, anti-American Wikipedians--and people in general.)
To: Princip. Conservative
4 posted on
02/07/2007 11:53:34 PM PST by
VxH
(There are those who declare the impossible - and those who do the impossible.)
To: Princip. Conservative
>>Ackerman suggested the State Department could hire dozens of outed and ousted former military translators.<<
Its been a long time since I was involved in research where qualifications for security clearances came up... but 15-20 years ago it wasn't whether you were gay or had used drugs or had an affair - it was whether you were keeping it secret and thus it could be used against you.
Nobody could threaten Barney Frank with revealing his sexual orientation because he's open about it. But somebody working at state secretly being gay is a potential risk.
In the olden times if you disclosed a secret to to the people doing the background check then they might require you to tell you wife and your mother and employer (or whoever you were afraid to tell) as a condition of getting clearance.
I don't know whether the rules are the same now, but if they are it would make sense to fire someone who hid a big secret that made them vulnerable to blackmail
BTW, this is one problem with "Don't ask don't tell" - its a recipe for blackmail.
5 posted on
02/07/2007 11:56:50 PM PST by
gondramB
(It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.)
To: Princip. Conservative
"For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists
I'm with them.
7 posted on
02/08/2007 1:01:08 AM PST by
garylmoore
(Faith is the assurance of things unseen.)
To: Princip. Conservative
"They're very brave with the terrorists, and if the terrorists ever got ahold of this information, they get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad..."Is the Congressman suggesting our troops show how brave they are with homosexuals by shooting them?
To: Princip. Conservative
Another loon from the police state called New York City. No wonder both parties hold the New York delegations at arms' length.
No Hitlery/JulieAnnie in '08. They're bad for America.
To: Princip. Conservative
Letting gays into the military would be a disaster! The dumbing down or morals and the changing of the meaning of "morals", has hurt the military enough! Abu Gar ab anyone?
12 posted on
02/08/2007 12:11:38 PM PST by
gidget7
(2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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