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NY Times editorial: An Openly Gay Man Runs the Army
NY Times ^ | May 22 2016 | NY Times

Posted on 05/21/2016 10:21:50 PM PDT by WilliamIII

Last week an openly gay man, Eric Fanning, became secretary of the Army. Read that sentence again and contemplate what it reveals about how much and how quickly American society has changed. Only five years ago, openly gay people were barred from serving in its armed forces. During Mr. Fanning’s lengthy confirmation process, his sexual orientation was simply not an issue. That is a tribute to those who fought so hard to repeal the ban, and a measure of the nation’s at times uncertain, but as yet unfailing, march toward equality.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bhodod; dakotafanning; fdrq; homosexualagenda; pervs; usarmy
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To: WilliamIII
As service members came out to their supervisors, they were embraced.

Nope. Calling a RANGER a c**ks**ker is still not a statement of love.

21 posted on 05/22/2016 3:03:54 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: boycott

Obama glories queers......says it all.....because HE IS QUEER and his wife is a TRANNY!


22 posted on 05/22/2016 3:10:30 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: WilliamIII

America will NEVER be a great or good country again UNLESS we turn back to Jesus, and I sure don’t see that happening....we are too far gone.


23 posted on 05/22/2016 3:14:37 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: WilliamIII

Maybe we’ll finally see something that I figured out a long time ago. An all gay combat unit makes a great deal of sense. First of all; gay people don’t breed very much so it isn’t like casualties would result in losses to the next generation. Second; who would you fight harder for? Your wife or your squad mate? Third; in a front line, no man’s land scenario the opposing force would know exactly who they were up against. If the opposing force wins the fight then their buddies would say “Big deal, you beat a bunch of pansies”. If they lost then their buddies would say “Damn, you got beat by bunch of pansies. If they got captured they know exactly what they’re in for as prisoners so they would probably refuse to fight at all.


24 posted on 05/22/2016 3:44:33 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: WilliamIII
96% of blacks voted for Obama. Our nation is nearly ruined. The thin threads of moral fabric that held our institutions together have been ripped to shreds. Our debt has increases exponentially. Lawlessness runs rampant. Hundreds of thousand of Christians worldwide have murdered, and millions have been raped, mutilated, imprisoned and tortured. Israel has been abandoned while Iran has been rewarded with hundreds of Billions and been given a free hand to launch terrorism and nuclear war. Our borders are now nonexistent. Our military has been destroyed.

Blacks get most of the "credit." Voting in a block of 96% for this evil gives them that mantel.

25 posted on 05/22/2016 4:05:53 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Ann Archy
Careful!

That's what Joan Rivers said right before...

26 posted on 05/22/2016 4:14:23 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: rwoodward

“Yes I agree...a Gay man is in command of the Army. I knew that the minute I saw him throw a baseball.”

Very droll...and very true.


27 posted on 05/22/2016 4:55:54 AM PDT by DrPretorius
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To: savagesusie

The most accurate post of the thread. Thank you.


28 posted on 05/22/2016 5:00:42 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: WilliamIII

American society has not changed...they are about to learn that lesson.


29 posted on 05/22/2016 5:07:47 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: WilliamIII
Seeing how all of this has turned out. If I were a young man today, I would probably not serve.

I would not lay down my life to protect things like gay marriage or abortion on demand, or the new bathroom policies. And the government is becoming more hostile to Christians.

America is dying and I would not fight to keep the corpse alive.

There are Churches that are now flying the Christian flag over the American flag, and pastors are counseling young Christian men that joining the military is really not an option because of what the government is doing.

Christ himself said don't throw your pearls before swine.

30 posted on 05/22/2016 5:25:20 AM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: ColdSteelTalon

I would also encourage my son not to enter the military at this time. Too much is going on right now with All Branches. My son got out because of the changes he saw and had to deal with. I also know an 18 yo that just got sworn into the Navy. He is a 18 yo Hispanic that really has no choices in order to better his life. He will go in for 4 years hoping to see the world. I pray he knows what he is doing. His mother was not happy, but she supported his choice. For some, this is the only way out of the ghetto.


31 posted on 05/22/2016 5:35:35 AM PDT by MarineMom613 (RIP Sandra Sue, my fur baby 12/31/1999 ~ 7/2/2010 - See you on the other side!)
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To: MarineMom613
I understand. I just would not submit to a homosexual in command over me. If I were in I would get out as soon as I could. And I would never enlist now, and I would refuse to be drafted.

A message needs to be sent and the only way that message can be sent is to start by saying "no" to the government. Notice I say "the" government and not "our" government.

32 posted on 05/22/2016 5:41:02 AM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: WilliamIII

Affirmative Action hire under title 69


33 posted on 05/22/2016 5:57:49 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: WilliamIII
Only five years ago, openly gay people were barred from serving in its armed forces.


I guess that means it's payback time, right?

34 posted on 05/22/2016 6:14:39 AM PDT by Salman
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To: MarineMom613
My son got out because of the changes he saw and had to deal with.

That is happening a lot among my own acquaintances-- in most instances they are young men who enlisted before 2008 and intended to make the military their career. The majority of those are/were in the Army and they have become very disillusioned with the system. Of the ones who haven't already left, I know of two soldiers who will definitely be leaving the Army before the end of this year.

For all these cases, Donald Trump is too late, if not too little. Thank Obama and his Boehner/Ryan/McConnell support staff.

Mr. niteowl77

35 posted on 05/22/2016 6:37:33 AM PDT by niteowl77
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To: savagesusie

Well stated.


36 posted on 05/22/2016 7:18:24 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: WilliamIII; SunkenCiv; Albion Wilde; SaraJohnson; jazusamo; Iron Munro

The NEW YORK TIMES is a faggot newspaper.

“That is a tribute to those who fought so hard to repeal the ban, and a measure of the nation’s at times uncertain, but as yet unfailing, march toward equality.”


37 posted on 05/22/2016 7:30:04 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: WilliamIII

Strange what some people think equality is.


38 posted on 05/22/2016 7:51:18 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: WilliamIII

March toward “equality”? - More like march toward Sodom &
Gomorrah.


39 posted on 05/22/2016 8:11:34 AM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: WilliamIII
On the bright side...everyone can call him a cocksucker and they won't be slurring him as that is what he does.
40 posted on 05/22/2016 8:16:46 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamiin Franklin)
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