Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Lesbian soldier closer to asylum (well let her in)
canada.com ^ | NOVEMBER 21, 2009 | Janice Tibbetts

Posted on 11/21/2009 4:13:13 PM PST by 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."

~snip~

(Excerpt) Read more at canada.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: homo; homosexual; homosexualagenda; lesbian; lesbo; moralabsolutes
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last
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!
1 posted on 11/21/2009 4:13:14 PM PST by BykrBayb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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


2 posted on 11/21/2009 4:19:31 PM PST by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Doc Savage

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


3 posted on 11/21/2009 4:21:23 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Doc Savage

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


4 posted on 11/21/2009 4:23:35 PM PST by countess
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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


5 posted on 11/21/2009 4:25:42 PM PST by manc (Marriage is between a man and a woman, end of. -end racism end affirmative action)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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


6 posted on 11/21/2009 4:33:02 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

>> her sexual orientation could mean stiffer punishment

???

I thought those lezbos liked that sort of thing.


7 posted on 11/21/2009 4:33:52 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nervous Tick

Wrong. That’s fags. Lezzies like shag.


8 posted on 11/21/2009 4:36:12 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: sheik yerbouty

Oh, you’re baaaad. ; )


9 posted on 11/21/2009 4:37:24 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Doc Savage

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


10 posted on 11/21/2009 4:37:25 PM PST by RightWingConspirator (Impeach Zerobama and his band of Commie Czars.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: sheik yerbouty

>> 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.


11 posted on 11/21/2009 4:37:28 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

>> 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


12 posted on 11/21/2009 4:40:33 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

“...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.”
-parentheses mine().

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.


13 posted on 11/21/2009 4:59:30 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( What happened to my tag line?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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


14 posted on 11/21/2009 5:29:19 PM PST by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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


15 posted on 11/21/2009 5:48:39 PM PST by D Rider
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb

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.


16 posted on 11/21/2009 6:05:42 PM PST by Munson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb
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.
17 posted on 11/21/2009 7:11:08 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BykrBayb
"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.

18 posted on 11/21/2009 9:33:11 PM PST by BBell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nervous Tick

Perhaps Her Heinous could rein her in..


19 posted on 11/21/2009 10:40:49 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: D Rider

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!!!!


20 posted on 11/22/2009 1:24:47 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-24 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson