Lesbian soldier closer to asylum (well let her in)

canada.com ^ | NOVEMBER 21, 2009 | Janice Tibbetts

[BykrBayb]

A lesbian soldier who deserted the U.S. army won a key court victory Friday when a judge ordered the refugee board to reconsider her failed asylum claim and take into account compelling evidence that she was persecuted and that her sexual orientation could mean stiffer punishment for going AWOL.

Federal Court Justice Yves de Montigny's order for the board to consider a gay U.S. soldier as a credible refugee candidate is believed to be a first, said a spokesman for the U.S. military.

"I have never heard of anybody attempting to do that before," said army spokesman Lt.-Col. Christopher Garver.

Pte. Bethany Smith, 21, will have another chance to argue her case for staying in Canada, rather than face deportation and a possible court martial in the U.S. for fleeing the military base at Fort Campbell, Ky., two years ago.

"I did a happy dance when I heard," said the deserter, now an Ottawa call centre worker who has adopted the name Skyler James.

Smith, who says she was outed by another soldier who spotted her walking hand-in-hand with a woman at a shopping mall, contends in court documents that she was badgered daily, saddled with extra work by her superiors and received more than 100 threatening notes on her dormitory door, including a death threat.

Smith says that she sought a discharge from the army -- under the U.S. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that permits openly gay soldiers to leave -- but that she was told the paperwork would not be done until after she returned from a scheduled deployment to Afghanistan.

She said she considers herself among the hundreds of U.S. war resisters who have fled to Canada as "conscientious objectors."

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[BykrBayb]

She belongs in an asylum. Supposedly she deserted the Army because she's an oppressed lesbian. Later in the article she supposedly deserted because she's a conscientious objector and was being deployed to Afghanistan. Maybe Canadians don't realize we have an all volunteer Army. Sheesh!

[Doc Savage]

Why did join ever join up????? Moron alert!

[BykrBayb]

She probably joined up hoping it would be like the “women in army barracks” movies.

[countess]

Things turned sour for her when she realized she’d have to get pregnant to avoid deployment.

[manc]

this is the kind of crap of what the left wants joining.

She a complete idiot. What she wanted the free health care and benefits, paid college etc but when asked to do the work she was paid to do she now goes crying.

Well I hope every homo does this and I’ll even pay for their fare to get there

[sheik yerbouty]

She desrted lickety split. I guess Canadians will roll out the carpet for her..

[Nervous Tick]

>> her sexual orientation could mean stiffer punishment

???

I thought those lezbos liked that sort of thing.

[BykrBayb]

Wrong. That’s fags. Lezzies like shag.

[BykrBayb]

Oh, you’re baaaad. ; )

[RightWingConspirator]

Because she thought she might get to meet some hot chicks in the barracks.

[Nervous Tick]

>> I guess Canadians will roll out the carpet for her...

Somebody up there better put their finger in the dike, or there’ll be a lot more of ‘em coming.

[Nervous Tick]

>> Wrong.

Whaddaya mean wrong? I saw this movie once involving a “woman in comfortable shoes” and a cat o’ nine tails with a stiff handl

OH! Hi honey! You’re home early!

Uh, like I was saying, yeah, my bad, I’m sure you’re right about that

[Blue Collar Christian]

“...her sexual orientation (or ethnicity, or religion, or being a woman, or anything but a straight white male) could mean stiffer punishment for going AWOL.”
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That would be non-permissible evidence and is thus a moot point. This “always the victim” mentality is tiresome.

Let her stay in Canada, we have plenty of her kind enough.

[patriot preacher]

I think we should reinstitute the old laws about desertion — you know, if you desert, you are shot?

[D Rider]

Out of courtesy, I did not post her picture. And yes, she is guilty.

[Munson]

Force her to serve for the Canadian Military and send her to Afghanistan. Canada allows open homosexual soldiers to serve. I think this would be the best solution. I think she was using her lesbian status as an excuse to ditch her commitment.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,if Canada wants to take in our worthless pieces of filth they're welcome to them.Perhaps we should pull a Mariel boat lift on Canada and dump every killer,rapist,welfare recipient,mental case and pervert just over the border.Canadians can feel better knowing that they're helping the oppressed victims of this horrible country and we can feel better knowing that we're rid of the filth.

[BBell]

"Smith, who says she was outed by another soldier who spotted her walking hand-in-hand with a woman at a shopping mall, contends in court documents that she was badgered daily, saddled with extra work by her superiors and received more than 100 threatening notes on her dormitory door, including a death threat."

dormitory? Is that what the Army calls the barracks now? Seriously I think this is B.S. I really doubt she was harassed like she said. I would say she is lying. I and my wife were in the service 20 plus years ago and we both knew of lesbians, some of who did not hide it, and I don't recall anyone harassing them. Now gay guys would get harassed, but not very bad though.

[sheik yerbouty]

Perhaps Her Heinous could rein her in..

[BykrBayb]

Thanks for not posting it, but it would have been even better if you hadn’t mentioned it. You got my curiosity up, and I went looking. OMG!!! She has rug burns on her chin and cheekbones! Eeewwww!!!!