Posted on 12/18/2010 6:39:44 PM PST by madprof98
Word that the world's largest military power will allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military brought strong and swift reaction Saturday, with supporters declaring a civil rights milestone and detractors insisting it would weaken and divide the armed forces.
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Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., served in the Army for seven years, including three combat tours, before being kicked out two years ago under "don't ask, don't tell." But he said he planned to re-enlist once the policy is officially abolished.
"As soon as they give me the go, I'm going to march into the recruiter's office," he said. "And I want retroactive pay and rank."
Arbury said a fight for other social changes — such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children — still lies ahead, however.
"I think it's one step in a very long process of becoming an equal rights citizen," he said. "Even though this is really huge, I look at it as a chink in a very, very long chain."
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Unfortunately this is about forced acceptance.
One of my childhood friends is gay and he doesn’t buy into the gay agenda the way so many heterosexuals do.
Very pathetic ! The best thing is there should be segregation where all the mud-packers are put together in units and those units are the first to go to the front lines ! Come out of the closet, you are transferred to the special gay units.
He sounds stable:
Name Warren Arbury
Location Savannah, GA
Bio COMBAT VETERAN / GYM RAT / MUSIC NERD / FOOD LOVER / TRAVEL CHANNEL ADDICT / A GOOD TIME NOT YET TO BE HAD BY ALL...
And why, pray tell, would they let someone back in who flouted military rules in place at the time? Obviously this person couldn’t hack the program, so why would he think he should be let back in? It’s tough to get in the military these days—they are even accessing juvenile records. Why do these people think they have a right to serve when they blew it and proved they couldn’t follow the rules the first time?
If they let these people back in we have no hope. I wonder what the Oath Keepers’ take is on this.
This madness will forever be owned by Obama, Pelosi and Reid, along with the Progressives.
Meanwhile, a whole lot more voter at home just got a little wiser to the reality of their agenda.
2012, here we come.
So that’s it, huh??? It’s just “they have feelings, too?”. You don’t think this policy is damaging to our servicemen in any way???
What a relativistic view. Unbelievable.
Does this mean we’re gonna have a flood of fudgepackers signing up at the Bezerkeley Marine Recruiting Station? What a gay event that will be. Can hardly wait. hmmmm... I take that back.
Accepted a civilian job offer on the spot today.
Used a strange term I never heard.
He said it will be "Yes Stir" instead of "Yes Sir".
In The Navy Lyrics
Artist(Band):Village People
Review The Song (14) Print the Lyrics
In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can’t you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)
I thought the majority were victims of molestation. That’s my experience with homosexuals.
Each and every one of my homosexual friends had been molested and were coping with that.
And you and people like you are part of the problem, idiot. You have no clue as to how much damage these people have inflicted on our military today. FU, traitor. Get the hell off of FR!!
I suspect his fellow troopers got tired of hearing questions like this one, posted on his site:
“What do you wear to a fetish party?!”
This is not about what they ARE — I agree they have no choice in this. It’s about what they CHOOSE TO DO.
Nobody is fool enough to think that gays have not served honorably in the service. And for that, we owe them a debt of thanks.
Unlike some on FR, I do not think they will be jumping normal men in the showers or whatever. But, there will be liaisons and affairs; and, especially when the participants have a difference in rank, or access to classified information (think Bradley Manning), serious problems will ensue.
This is about flaunting their sexuality and using the rules to game the system.
So, will they now storm the recruiting stations demanding to be let in so they can go prove themselves in Afghanistan?
Wonder how many will pick up “dancing boys” while ther?
Semper Fabulous
They will simply monitor promotions until the gays have an acceptable % of leadership. Once they are in power they will promote more and more of them because they cannot be objective. Their sexual orientation is what they are at their core. They destroy churches now the military. Christians will simply vote with their feet.
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