[John Lenin]

This whole story sounds like it was a setup from the get-go.

[Commander8]

Smells like an ACLU test case.

[Hunterb]

So what if he's gay, he knew he was gay when he signed on the dotted line, but that didn't stop him.
He's a fricken coward bastard!!!!

[Paul Atreides]

First the anti-war community comes off smelling like a backed-up toilet at the wedding. Now, it is the homosexual community's turn.

[stylin19a]

there is first the matter of AWOL, which nobody seems to think is a big deal, an no one is talking about punishment.
The Marines can adios him for the good of the Corps., but first they could hang him high, if they wanted to.

[Duckdog]

He sounds like a chicken sh*t to me. Next thing you know we will hear "I here for school".

[Maeve]

This sounds like a total set-up. Perhaps God will favor us a bit and smite this fool with a lightning bolt.

[CARepubGal]

Gay was part of his moral development? What a maroon!

[Slyfox]

Gee whiz, he claims he got talked into becoming a soldier because he thought he's be able to see the world, get a free education, but no one told him he'd have to kill people. Then, he claims to be a conscientious objector. Now he's gay. Next thing you know, he's gonna start wearing a dress, high-heels and a funny hat.

[TotusTuus]

"As a legitimate conscientious objector he should try to defend his argument on moral and ethical grounds," he said. "Why do the double track?"

The answer seems pretty obvious to me. He's conscience of being shot at.

[Duke Nukum]

I thought he revealed he was gay a few days ago.

I heard sound bits on Rush today and the thertanly thpeakths like heths a thsteriotypical gay man.

He said: My recruiter lied, thilly, but I'm thuper, sthatnks for athking.

[chachacha]

"The military cultivates anti-gay sentiment among its enlisted but I also believe it perpetuates feelings of hatred against all that are different either culturally, ethnically or otherwise," in order to dehumanize potential enemies.

Hey Stephan in case you haven't heard the Marines are FOR MEN not cowards and pansy asses

[nmh]

How silly ... immoral to kill someone but it is moral to be gay? As usual these confused souls have it all wrong.

It is moral to kill evil people. It is immoral to be gay. This boy toy probably thought he'd party with other boy toys for awhile and get whatever benefits he could BUT when it came to risking his tush, well he had to announce the coward that he is.

[nmh]

Is the priest that went with him to file his paperwork also gay? Maybe that's the real reason. He's having an affair with the priest and didn't meet anyone suitable in the military.

[Mike K]

The Marines have assigned him to desk duty in San Jose while his case proceeds.

How about assigning his sorry butt to a federal pen while he awaits court martial?

[bellevuesbest]

In a column today on Funk in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, columnist Robert L. Jamieson Jr. closes with this sentence, "But the stand you've (referring to Funk) taken is every bit as courageous and controversial as those who follow the marching orders to go out and kill, kill, kill."

How's that?????

[passionfruit]

He wanted govenment financial help for his tuition, and now that they ask for hm to do what he had sworn to do, he's discovered that he is a conscientious objector, oh and by the way, he's gay.

Gimme a break! Give him a courts martial. He never intended to serve.

[faithincowboys]

i heard him speak...needless to say, this revelation is not a surprise!

[RS]

"This whole story sounds like it was a setup from the get-go."

Smells that way - I want ALL the money he was ever paid in the reserves back, ALL the education money that might have been paid for him, and bill him for the time and effort of all the instruction and training given him !

[Naspino]

..and did this guy get money for college for being a reservist? If so -- then give it all back with interest.

[Timesink]

Give him a DIShonorable discharge and let him go home. That alone will punish him for the rest of his life in many unique and Schadenfreude-satisfying ways that he's too stupid to realize yet.