Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet [Frank Rich Goes Berserk On Opposition to Gay Repeal]

NYTimes ^ | February 07, 2010

[cranked]

Majority of US service personnel are opposed to allowing gays in military, Mr. Rich. As such, sthu!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Whoever tries it will be politically radioactive. Maybe that’s why the collective response on the right has been more of a shocked gasp than anything else.

[GladesGuru]

On this issue, I am out ‘of the closet’ - which means I believe you should be ‘back in the closet’.

See how ‘in your face’ I can be?

;-)

[sickoflibs]

I remember 1993 when the country was sane.

[goldstategop]

I'm not a bigot for opposing people who stand for nothing more than imposing their sexual lifestyles upon the rest of us. They don't have to advertise it. One wonders why they desperately need our approval.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[Jeb21]

Its the result of individuals in the entertainment industry, media industry, and public schools promoting this that caused this.

Take those over, and you’ve got it made. Its a project conservatives should look into.

[wku man]

Yeah, let homos serve openly in the military. Actively recruit them. Watch the mass exodus of currently-serving soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines from the ranks. Re-build the military as Obamanation sees fit.

Almost like it's being done on purpose, ain't it?

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Jeb21]

“One wonders why they desperately need our approval.”

Because even they aren’t so sure that they are doing the right thing by promoting this lifestyle. If you were sure that you were doing the right thing, you would press on despite people talking you down. If you weren’t, opposition to your beliefs would threaten your outlook on life in a way that would give you an unbearable amount of anxiety.

[sickoflibs]

Yes, good list, and the MSM celebrating homosexuality.

[GeronL]

Just because the MSM doesn’t report something, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

[Graybeard58]

Just because the MSM doesn’t report something, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

You may be right.

Happy birthday, it's my grandson's birthday too - He's hit the big 1 0.

I told him that now he's in the double digits the years will start to fly by.

[RedEyeJack]

The decision has been made... DoD and the military, at least Mullen, are planning how to implement the new policy. Military personnel will only be able to vote with their feet. Watch for drops in re-enlistment rates, and more junior officers leaving at the end of their obligations. What I want to see is how they are going to implement this at the service academies.

This is going to be a mess.

Will all the “hate law” protections evolve to homosexual practitioners in the military? How do you give an order to an openly gay soldier that can't be twisted into discrimination?

[philman_36]

A curious silence befell much of the right.
Has Mr. Rich never heard of silent indignation?
He must not have.
Wait till the bill is submitted.

[JudgemAll]

Yep. They are trying force shape the minds of America using official locked down government companies.

It’s absolutely illegal and Mullen is a mental coward.

To let the gays shape the consciousness of the army away from work and towards perverted politics is pure unadulterated corruption.

[GeronL]

lol

[Nonstatist]

My son is an airman in the Navy and he says his base is about 99% against this. The spit will hit the fan if this goes thru, IMO

[FlyingEagle]

Is this Gay Army the one that Napolitano and Obama plan to use for “military activities in the United States”?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446570/posts

[RogerQ]

McCain isn’t crazy, he’s dishonest. A year ago he was for repealing don’t ask don’t tell because he was running for president. Today he’s facing a primary challenge from his right, so he’s against repealing DADT. He’s just a political whore, which is why he needs to be replaced by someone with morals.

[okie01]

Because even they aren’t so sure that they are doing the right thing by promoting this lifestyle.

Homosexuality is, by definition, abnormal.

Meaning that if homosexuality is, as Rich claims, an "immutable identity", it is a birth defect -- a disability.

As such, it is to be tolerated, not celebrated. And the military is not obliged to accept it, just as they are not obliged to recruit quadraplegics.