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Copyright 2002 by Scott Douglas Lively, Esq.There is no shame in believing a lie until you learn the truth.The success of so-called "gay rights" is an amazing triumph of clever deception over simple logic. When it comes to this issue, otherwise intelligent people routinely fall for arguments that just don't hold up under scrutiny. "Gay" sympathizers aren't necessarily more gullible than other people, they are simply tricked into accepting certain conclusions without first examining the underlying premises. He who defines the terms controls the debate -- and by extension, public opinion. On this issue the terms have been defined (in...

Whenever special interest driven politicians force social engineering on Americans and their Armed Forces, there are always consequences. The premise is that all homosexuals want to be known primarily by their sexual identity. If this is true why did a college kid commit suicide when his homosexuality, obviously against his desire, was made public? I am asking because the popular meme is that every homosexual is eager to share his or her private sexual identity with the remainder of the world and treat it as his or her primary attribute. That may not be so, but it will be the...

So Obama has signed the legislation his henchmen pushed through the lame-duck session of Congress, intended to force personnel serving in the United States military to accept homosexual activity as lawful and legitimate conduct. Would this legislation have passed without the support of Republican congressmen like Ron Paul and senators like Scott Brown of Massachusetts? Of course, Paul is the guru of some who claim to be staunch advocates of liberty; and without the votes and financial support of grass-roots conservatives throughout the country, Brown would never have won election. *snip* Now, the prime source of visceral conservative opposition to...

Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.(Proverbs 22:28)The USA has crossed a very ominous threshold yesterday, when our legislators passed a bill repealing the “Don’t ask,don’t tell” policy for our military forces. That policy was a compromise dating back to the Clinton years, replacing our sane, earlier policy of no tolerance for homosexuality in the military . Without national debate, referendum, vote or any other say on the subject by “we the people”, our representatives voted for the repeal of DADT , as the last order of business before the congressional Christmas break. Here are a...

Though already called a RINO by most conservative Republicans for running a write-in campaign when she lost in Alaska's Senate Primary earlier this year, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska seems to not only be confirming her RINO status, but embracing it. With lawsuits filed by Republican challenger Joe Miller about November's election being dismissed, Murkowski has won another six years in the Senate. Apparently, she does not care that she will be considered a traitor to her party. This is clear from her votes during the so-called "lame duck" session of Congress. Going completely against the Republican grain, Murkowski...

Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank on Wednesday said he was putting opponents of gay rights on notice. America's longest-serving openly gay representative laid out the “gay agenda” to opponents shortly after President Barack Obama signed a landmark bill that repeals a ban on gay and bisexual troops serving openly in the military. The “gay agenda,” Frank said during a press conference, is “to be protected against violent crimes driven by bigotry, it's to be able to get married, it's to be able to get a job, and it's to be able to fight for our country.” Frank was referring to top...

President Obama, in saying this week that his view of same-sex marriage is evolving, stirred expectations that he may announce a new position in coming months, fundamentally altering the national debate. A declaration from a sitting president that he supports of gay marriage would be "a game changer,'' one proponent said, and would provide political cover to other politicians, especially to local and state officials as they decide which way to vote on bills permitting gay couples to wed. In a news conference Wednesday and in recent interviews, Obama signaled that his position favoring civil unions is not fixed and...

Vets protest plan opening military to homosexualsOfficer requests command relief over scheduled 'behavior modifications' Veterans and active duty personnel alike are reacting harshly to the news that Barack Obama has signed the repeal of the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, and one much-needed leader already could be lost to the military. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army has confirmed to WND that he is asking to be relieved of the command of his squadron because of the new policy. And former combat personnel are telling WND that they are continuing to keep the pressure on Congress to reverse itself....

Politics is often a game of who-do-you-fear-the-most. The pragmatists, the “mavericks,” the oh-goodness-gracious-somebody’s-going-to-call-me-a-homophobe Republicans must be taught an object lesson – good, hard and fast. Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, a Lady Gaga Republican, is the perfect candidate for a shock-and-awe campaign. His vote to sodomize the military, by repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, should be his political obituary, writ in 24-point type. Brown pleaded for conservative support in the January 19 special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate Seat. (Given the way things turned out, the enormous Ted must be smiling from that Au Bar in the sky.) The man...

A fun exchange via CNS News. Like Frank, I don’t quite get the worry here. For one thing, as DADT supporters often point out, there are already plenty of gays in the military (albeit closeted), so if the fear is of servicemen surreptitiously checking out their comrades in the showers, why bring it up now? If that sort of thing happens at all, presumably it’s been happening for years. Is the idea that gay troops will feel emboldened to ogle their platoon-mates more conspicuously now that they can be open about their orientation? I find that hard to believe given...

Hours after signing the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", President Obama said his view on gay marriage was "still evolving". In 1996, he supported gay marriage and opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. During the 2008 campaign, he gave conflicting statements on the issue. The San Francisco Gate reported in 2008 then Senator Obama opposed a California measure banning gay marriage. In the same article, an Obama spokeswoman issued a statement saying: "Senator Obama supports civil unions, and he has consistently opposed federal and state constitutional marriage...

Fresno gay-rights activist Robin McGehee is going back to the White House -- but this time as an invited guest. McGehee was invited to watch President Barack Obama today sign a bill repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that prevents gays from serving openly in the military. She received the invitation Monday and was on a plane Tuesday morning, said GetEQUAL spokesman Brad Luna. GetEQUAL is a gay-rights organization co-founded by McGehee. In a brief telephone interview, McGehee said the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is on par with the integration of blacks and whites in the military...

President Obama was busy signing legislation all week – legislations that he wanted, and as such the media describes it as BIG wins for him. However, let’s have some context here: START with Russia is indeed a win in the context of passing a bill despite opposition of lead Republicans. However, if the policy will come back and bite America, there is nothing to be excited about it. Obama “won” when he got his Stimulus in Feb 2009 and later the Health Care Reform (HCR) bill. However, both of them came with a heavy price for his party this last...

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.

A former American general blamed "open homosexuality" in the Dutch army for the failure to prevent the Srebrenica massacre in 1995.

I don't understand how the repealing of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is supposed to make the military now open to gays. Wouldn't repealing it just revert the policy back to the original stance that gays aren't allowed in the military? I thought when DADT was instituted, it was still illegal for gays to be in the military, but now the military was just going to agree to not bug people about it as long as they weren't open about being gay.

In 1991, Barney Frank received an official reprimand for reflecting "discredit upon the House." The reprimand came as a result of his relationship with a man named Steve Gobi, a male prostitute whom Frank initially paid $80 for sex. Frank later took Gobi to live with him in his home, making him a personal aide. He paid him $20,000 in compensation (unreported to the IRS) and let him use his car. Subsequent investigation revealed that in the course of their relationship, Frank used his congressional office and stationary to fix Gobi's 33 parking fines. Frank also used his congressional letterhead...

President Obama signed into law Dec. 22 a repeal of the ban on open homosexuality in the military, putting his stamp of approval on what homosexual activists celebrated as an important victory in their ongoing effort to expand legal rights for their movement. The new law's critics have warned it will result in infringements on religious liberty, as well as harm the readiness, privacy and retention of service members. The president's signing of the legislation did not officially repeal the previous policy, however. Final repeal will require certification by Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Washington (CNN) -- When President Obama signed the bill repealing the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy, it did not immediately end the military's 17-year ban on gays serving openly. In fact, it will take a series of actions to make that happen, and no one at the Pentagon seems to know when the actual end date might be.

Implementing RepealLifting "don't ask" should be a step-by-step process. Now that Congress has decided to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the armed forces, the military faces the real challenge: implementation. The new policy will be put in place when the president, the secretary of defense, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have all certified that it can be done in such a way as to minimize any adverse impact on military effectiveness. On the one hand, President Obama would like to see the revised law put into action as soon as possible, and Admiral Mullen,...