Woman Becomes First Openly Gay General

The New York Times ^ | 8/12/2012 | Matthew L. Wald

[darrellmaurina]

WASHINGTON — An Army officer being promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexuality on Friday by having her wife pin her star to her uniform, thus becoming the first openly gay officer of flag rank in the United States military.

The officer, Brig. Gen. Tammy S. Smith, 49, a 26-year veteran of the Army, was promoted in a ceremony at the women’s memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The star was affixed by Tracey Hepner, who was a co-founder last year of the Military Partners and Families Coalition, which “provides support, resources, education and advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military partners and their families,” according to its Web site.

The couple married in March 2011 in the District of Columbia.

[DannyTN]

It’s NOT so great for our service men to be following the lead of someone who’s lifestyle is in open rebellion of God’s rules.

First because our service men need devine protection and second because at least in her choice of sexual orientation she is a horrible role model.

[Mouton]

“at the women’s memorial at Arlington National Cemetery”

What a pervision of that hallow ground.

[ZULU]

“An Army officer being promoted to brigadier general openly acknowledged her homosexuality on Friday by having her wife pin her star”

Orwellian double-speak from the High Priesthood of American Liberal Journalism. Repeat the lie enough to make people think its an accuracy.

I don't think women should be generals and I certainly don;t approve of homosexuals in the military.

[cdski34]

Her security clearance should be revoked and she should be prosecuted for falsifying government documents and promptly dishonorably discharged from the military with some prison time.

[a fool in paradise]

I suspected this woman in the Abu Ghraib scandal as a lesbian.

Certainly at least one other woman in the case was.

Sabrina Harman ("On her first night at the prison, Specialist Sabrina Harman, a twenty-six-year-old M.P. from Virginia, wrote a letter home to the woman she called her wife")

Yet according to wiki, Janis Karpenski married a man.

Have to wonder how much the Abu scandal may have been generated by fifth columnists just like the wikileaker faggot who stole 25,000 documents because he hated the military's opposition to homosexuals openly serving in the ranks.

There was at least one turncoat in the British military who posed for photos urinating on a man and then circulating them to press as "evidence" of "torture" of "prisoners in Iraq".

"But why would they throw away their career to do such a thing?" Ask the Islamists in the ranks like Sgt. Akbar who lobbed a grenade in an officers' tent, killing/injuring a dozen officers. Ask Nadil Hasan who gunned down several dozen people at Ft. Hood.

[a fool in paradise]

She’ll be the first of many homosexuals fast tracked into leadership rules. Quotas and “past wrongs” you see...

[GregB]

Does she wear a sign?

[ZULU]

A military establishment which makes achieving social objectives, instead of military victories, its purpose, loses wars.

[a fool in paradise]

First time in my life, but I’m now finding it difficult to hold any respect/support whatsoever for the whole institution

That's what the social liberals are going for. Distrust of news reports (media), academia, science, the military, the church, the institution of marriage, banking... The collapse of society as we know it.

[GenXteacher]

It is sad to watch our military decay.

[Thorliveshere]

“It’s a man, baby!”

[manc]

some higher ups only care about their carers and PC, many are being promoted today based oopenly serving homosexuals need to stop in hte military

[Waryone]

So you imagine Romney would sign it. Heh, not hardly. That is the one principle he has consistently held for over a decade. Promote the homosexual agenda and give them whatever support they need, without being open about it.

Make him president and he will never sign anything restricting homosexual activity. Promoting it, yes. Restricting their activity, no.

[Altura Ct.]

Ms. Fulton said she had no doubt that General Smith’s superiors knew of her sexual orientation when they selected her for promotion.

Of this I have no doubt.

[MachIV]

Amen.

[manc]

sign me up because I;ve had it.

I went to a marine recruiting office the other week and all I will say now is WOW, the marine was an idiot who kept trying to tell mehow he was good.

Do you know what it takes to get in the marines now?
This is the marines not the army where many join that for their 4 years to get their freebies for life,\\\

Men two pulls ups to get in.
women one pull up

to finish training, men 3 pulls ups, 28 sit ups in two minutes, 3 mile run in 28 mins in shorts and sneakers.

women have more time for a run, less weight, less sit ups, less pulls ups etc and yet this marine recruiter tried ot tell me that my son will not be forced to share a room or shower with a homosexual and that women in comat is a good thing.

What is it with the Navy and Army, one pull up now?

The military is not what it was and thankfully I have done my time

The British royal marines don;t even let women serve and they finsih their training with a 30 mile march, run over cross country, over swamps carrying weight in combat kit in just 8 hours then carry the next guy a distance right after, then do pull ups, sit ups, etc

How on this earth can a woman serve and be next to a guy in combat?

[Leep]

I must be a closet hetrosexual? I am kind of private about the whole sex thing.

[hal ogen]

“That’s a man, baby!” (apologies to men)

[BlatherNaut]

Its NOT so great for her to rub America’s nose in her sexual orientation, which should be PRIVATE in all manners of speaking AND action! IMO.

They're apparently psychologically incapable of keeping it private. Even before the military was forced let them proclaim their proclivities like some special badge of honor, they found other ways to to rub people's noses in it (e.g. striking suggestive poses in the gym locker room).

Completely agree with the other posters who point out that this person, by virtue of being a demonstrable liar, is not qualified for command.

[manc]

no congrats from me, she lied and has been ling when she entered the service, when don;t ask was about and has been lying for years especially over security clearence but then again many now are being promoted based on PC in the military.

We need to go back when homosexuals could not serve openly, we did not have cross dressers on base etc, but then again will the cowards in he GOP and talk radio for th most part even mention any of the homostapo’s agenda?

Nah didn’t think so