Posted on 12/21/2010 2:25:55 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Barney Frank: Straight and Gay Soldiers Must Shower Together, But Not Men and Women Tuesday, December 21, 2010 By Nicholas Ballasy
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Barney Frank (D.-Mass.) says he agrees with the recommendation of a Department of Defense (DOD) working group that straight and gay military personnel of the same gender should be required to shower together when the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law goes into effect.
Frank, however, said Armed Forces personnel of opposite sexes should not shower together.
“What do you think happens in gyms all over America? What do you think happens in the House of Representatives? Of course people shower with homosexuals. What a silly issue. What do you think goes wrong with showering with homosexuals? Do you think the spray makes it catching? I mean people shower with homosexuals in college dormitories, in gyms where people play sports; in gyms elsewhere. It is a complete non-issue. ” Frank told CNSNews.com.
CNSNews.com then asked Frank why he thinks it is a non-issue.
“To accept the principle that homosexuals can’t shower with other people is a degree of discrimination that goes far beyond this. We don’t get ourselves dry cleaned. We tend to take showers when we go to the gym; when we play sports,” he responded.
Rep. Frank continued, “The notion that knowing that someone is gay or lesbian as opposed to knowing that they are gay or lesbian people that have to pretend who they are; that that somehow makes a difference is pretty silly,”
Frank was also asked if he thinks male and female military personnel should be able to shower together.
“No that would disrupt people,” he said.
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Good question.
I think there’s a different way to frame this that might get closer to the real issue.
Men and women don’t share facilities merely because they might be sexually attracted to each other. Really, it’s about privacy. Women don’t want to bathe in front of men, and vice versa, and in fact, most men would rather not bathe in front of women. Whether they might be sexually interested in each other is only part of it.
The question really should be: if we’re going to be fair to gays, shouldn’t they deserve privacy from other gays when they shower? And how’s that supposed to work?
Simple solution.
File Sexual Harassment lawsuits each time a homosexual ogles a straight man or woman in the shower.
Use their own PC laws against them.
From the UCMJ on Sexual Harrassment:
Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that involves unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:
Involves a person’s job, pay or career:
Basis for employment decision
Interferes with performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
Hostile environment sexual harassment occurs when unwelcome sexual conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual’s job performance or creates a hostile, intimidating or offensive work environment even though the harassment may not result in tangible or economic job consequences, that is, the person may not lose pay or a promotion. Employers, supervisors, coworkers, customers, or clients can create a hostile work environment.
Barney is cool with using straights as sex objects for the visual gratification of homosexuals.
This attempt to destroy the military may just work.
“Yeah, and he makes he a point to drop the soap a mimunim of three times.”
Ugh..... don’t need that vision in my mind.
Must have more alcohol.....
And just how does this new dictat from General Turdburgler, commander of the Rump Rangers keep all of America safe?
Coming soon to a military base near you??
I noticed (a long time ago) that when it comes to what queers want everybody elses choices go out the window. What if hetero soldiers don’t want to shower with queers?
You obviously didn’t serve in the Marine Corps and likely not even in the infantry. I can understand how the average pogue might see things from your position, but infantry Marines work, fight, and live together. In many cases, especially during war (and yes, I served in Iraq), this also includes showering together.
But the biggest problem with this is not just gays and straights showering together. This will put open homosexuals in command of those they are sexually attracted to and see naked on a regular basis. For instance, take a DI in boot camp who often sees recruits running around naked (yes, this happens in Marine Corps boot camp). How does this NOT create a hostile working environment?
Target store here has those. They've had "Unisex" bathrooms for a long time in Europe.
I don’t know, but I doubt we’ll like the answer to that question.
Whenever Barney talks about “silliness” I think of him, secondly, and the people of MA FIRST!
ROTLMFAO ! I love the sign ! That should be made into a sticker and put on Barney Fag’s I mean Frank’s door !
“What do you think happens in the House of Representatives? “
It’s true. Rahm “Ballarena” Emmannuel loved to prance nake around the showers.
One of the networks said 75 percent of the American people support Barney on this issue. That’s the problem, 75 percent of the American people!
The solution, of course, is for every soldier, sailor, marine, airman to file endless sexual harrassment complaints against the queers in the military.
Non-stop.
“This amounts to “preferential treatment” for a certain group, while the other group doesn’t have the same “benefit”. “
Amusingly didn’t they argue that it wasn’t about ‘special rights?’
Looks like Ann Coulter knocked another one out the park!
Thanks to dems we’re getting way too close to the day when the only people who have a choice are queers and pregnant women.
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