Posted on 02/07/2010 7:50:17 PM PST by Steelfish
Smoke the Bigots Out of the Closet
By FRANK RICH Published: February 6, 2010 A funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military: A curious silence befell much of the right. If this were a Sherlock Holmes story, it would be the case of the attack dogs that did not bark.
John McCain, commandeering the spotlight as usual, did fulminate against the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But the press focus on McCain, the crazy man in Washington’s attic, was misleading. His yapping was an exception, not the rule.
Many of his Republican colleagues said little or nothing. The right’s noise machine was on mute. The Fox News report on Mullen’s testimony was fair and balanced — and brief. The network dropped the subject entirely in the Hannity-O’Reilly hothouse of prime time that night. Only ratings-desperate CNN gave a fleeting platform to the old homophobic clichés.
Michael O’Hanlon, an “expert” from the Brookings Institution, speculated that “18-year-old, old-fashioned, testosterone-laden” soldiers who are “tough guys” might object to those practicing “alternative forms of lifestyle,” which he apparently views as weak and testosterone-deficient.
His only prominent ally was the Family Research Council, which issued an inevitable “action alert” demanding a stop to “the sexualization of our military.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
How do you prove that you're 'gay'? (Just wondering.)
Nothing has been done...yet.
“A year ago he was for repealing don’t ask don’t tell because he was running for president.”
I must’ve missed that...he was always against the repeal as far as I can remember...
Law trumps policy. There's a little matter called the United States Code that they have to work around. And they're not going to be able to do that very easily or well.
Not that they're not giving it their best attempt.
Sick. Absolutely sick.
“How do you prove that you’re ‘gay’? (Just wondering.)”
You really want to know? ok...
A man proves it by sticking his reproductive parts up some other guy’s rectum. That sort of behavior just doesn’t belong in the military.
Doesn't this require a change in the UCMJ, which requires legislation and a presidential signature?
... you said ////quote////
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 / ///end quote////
also: I’ve noticed some of them saying boldly - for example - “I’m openly gay and have been for years” — But then (afterward) when it came right down to it, they showed shame. That really puzzled me at the time.
Why are they bringing this up now? As Palin said, he spent less than ten minutes on foreign affairs but throws this out? The gays must be enraged by recent defeats.
We should keep to the strongest, clearest argument. No one would want a heterosexual man in the army sleeping next to his or her enlisted daughter. And we don’t want homosexual men sleeping next to our enlisted sons. Ditto for sharing showers. To have people serve in such quarters with people they are sexually attracted to is crazy.
So they can pull down their pants zipper.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I wonder if they have a quota for hiring white straight men?
I know I’m right.This will result in less gay enlistments and them being deeper under cover that are in .
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
bttt
Smoke? Is that a Freudian slip?
Thought he was already there.
vaudine
Small wonder the NYTimes is focussed as a laser on the promotion of sexual deviancy...just another plank in the historic KGB plan to destroy morals in the West. These idiots are determined to weaken the US Military no matter what the result will be. The Progressives will never stop they are a cancer.
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