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During his campaign, Obama vowed to change the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and to allow gays to serve openly in the military. He reiterated his intention to change this policy in this year’s State of the Union speech. His exact words were, “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.”
Like everything else that flies out of his mouth, Obama seemed to give no thought to the real-world consequences of his statement. As a matter of fact, gays are not now barred from military service; they are simply barred from openly flaunting their sexual orientation.
Additionally, no one has a Constitutional “right” to serve in the U.S. armed forces. The left is fond of creating “rights” out of thin air. As a matter of fact, service in our all-volunteer military is a privilege, not a right.
The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has been in force for nearly two decades. The military has long contended that to allow homosexuals to serve openly "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
The forced intimacy of a combat unit is stressful, at best. To force such a unit to accept an openly gay member could easily strain the unit to the point where its proficiency might be compromised.
And then there would be the matter of unwanted attention from a member of the same sex. How many straight men appreciate those kinds of advances? None that I know of.
Time was when gay meant happy and homosexuality was considered a perversion. Today, the politically correct thought police insist that we all pretend that attraction to the opposite sex is normal, even healthy, instead of something to be stigmatized. They have gone so far as to teach our children that homosexuality is a normal “lifestyle choice”.
Homosexuality is not normal nor acceptable. It never has been. And to force our military men and women to pretend that it is acceptable is to place an unnecessary burden on our fighting forces. The purpose of our military is the defense of the nation. Our fighting forces should not be used for liberal social experimentation.
Marine Corp Commandant James Conway, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz and Army Chief of Staff General George Casey all have expressed serious concerns about how allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military will impact morale, unit cohesion and fighting efficiency.
It would be refreshing if, for a change, our president gave some intelligent thought to the real-world consequences of the seemingly endless stream of words that pour from his mouth.
Or is he really so stupid as to think such a change will have no consequences?
During his campaign, Obama vowed to change the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy and to allow gays to serve openly in the military. He reiterated his intention to change this policy in this year’s State of the Union speech. His exact words were, “This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.”
Like everything else that flies out of his mouth, Obama seemed to give no thought to the real-world consequences of his statement. As a matter of fact, gays are not now barred from military service; they are simply barred from openly flaunting their sexual orientation.
Additionally, no one has a Constitutional “right” to serve in the U.S. armed forces. The left is fond of creating “rights” out of thin air. As a matter of fact, service in our all-volunteer military is a privilege, not a right.
The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has been in force for nearly two decades. The military has long contended that to allow homosexuals to serve openly "would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
The forced intimacy of a combat unit is stressful, at best. To force such a unit to accept an openly gay member could easily strain the unit to the point where its proficiency might be compromised.
And then there would be the matter of unwanted attention from a member of the same sex. How many straight men appreciate those kinds of advances? None that I know of.
Time was when gay meant happy and homosexuality was considered a perversion. Today, the politically correct thought police insist that we all pretend that attraction to the opposite sex is normal, even healthy, instead of something to be stigmatized. They have gone so far as to teach our children that homosexuality is a normal “lifestyle choice”.
Homosexuality is not normal nor acceptable. It never has been. And to force our military men and women to pretend that it is acceptable is to place an unnecessary burden on our fighting forces. The purpose of our military is the defense of the nation. Our fighting forces should not be used for liberal social experimentation.
Marine Corp Commandant James Conway, Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz and Army Chief of Staff General George Casey all have expressed serious concerns about how allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military will impact morale, unit cohesion and fighting efficiency.
It would be refreshing if, for a change, our president gave some intelligent thought to the real-world consequences of the seemingly endless stream of words that pour from his mouth.
Or is he really so stupid as to think such a change will have no consequences?
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