Posted on 05/09/2011 2:37:20 PM PDT by YankeeReb
I’m not aware of any current Naval base in Massachusetts.
But I'm a little doubtful of whether the squids will be allowed to be as intolerant of "gays" as they would like to be. If/when the repeal goes through, activist homosexuals will literally swarm into the military, at least at first - the way they initially swarm into "marriage" when a state mandates this perversion. It won't be a static change by any estimate. Those militant activists joining will push the envelope to the limit in order to further demoralize and desensitize society further. They won't take any kind of "disrespect" and will now have an avid, listening ear in their commander-in-chief regarding any "misconduct."
Just look at the submarine commander who recently came to light with an entertainment ritual on board that merely poked fun at homosexuals. DADT repeal hasn't even gone through, and yet, his career has been ended nevertheless.
Well, it’s certain were going to find out one way or another.
The gays might, as you say, swarm into the military, but what the results of that will be is anyone’s guess at this point.
Military life is a whole different world than what they are used to, and I can foresee numerous ways that an overly promiscuous and aggressive gay sailor could easily find himself in genuine mortal peril.
Like I said, ships are dangerous places at the best of times. A sudden shove from a darkened passageway can send a person headlong down a ladder. Tools or paint cans can “fall” at inappropriate times. People can be walking on a weather-deck, slip and fall overboard. All of those, and many more besides, have happened before.
Any squid who has spent more than a year or so at sea has heard stories about “accidents” like that where there are no witnesses and nobody knows anything about anything.
It may not be as bad now as it was in the 70s when I was in the Navy. Then, officers and chiefs didn’t even dare go into certain berthing compartments at night. But I still doubt it has changed that much.
The below decks culture of a Navy warship is a completely different world.
Well like I’ve always said 80 men go out and 40 couple come back.
Well like I’ve always said 80 men go out and 40 couple come back.
NOTE: A chaplain will only be able to do this if their endorsing denomination allows the same. Chaplains are not allowed to do anything that violates the tenets of the group they represent.
The real issue is combat duty, most open gays from the military are silent until they got wounded or sent home. Some facts about you just aren’t too relevant when you are really under enemy fire.
I didn't know, but just a hypothetical.
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