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The presidential debates covered many questions, but the issue of homosexuality in the military was not one of them. That is unfortunate, since voters should know where the two presidential candidates stand on this and other forms of social engineering in the military. The record of President George W. Bush is not perfect, but the doctrinaire views of his rival, Sen. John Kerry, are cause for serious concern. In 1993, Senator John Kerry cast his vote on the losing side of a veto-proof, bipartisan (63-33) vote against President Bill Clinton's plan to accommodate homosexuals in the military. But Kerry did...

http://www.inatoday.com/ INA Today International News MILITARY TARGETED BY GAY ACTIVISTS October 18, 2004 By Toby Westerman Copyright 2004 International News Analysis Today www.inatoday.com Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, in an exclusive interview with International News Analysis Today, stated that homosexual rights activists are seeking a gay-friendly military. If they are successful, the ability of "straight" military personnel to effectively function would be compromised, according to Donnelly. Both the 2004 U.S. presidential election and a recently filed federal law suit may have a direct bearing upon the U.S. military's morale and readiness, Donnelly warned. MORE

Members of Congress are demanding answers to their questions about scandalous behavior photographed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. “How could this happen?” they ask. But this is not the first time that they have been warned about personal indiscipline and inferior training in the military. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba observed in his scathing report that military police soldiers at Abu Ghraib were weak in basic military occupational skills. How could this happen? Consider the effect of co-ed basic training, imposed on the Army in 1994. Two years later, sex scandals erupted at Aberdeen Proving Ground and basic training facilities....

Every year in February, in observance of Valentine's Day as well as the birthday of Ronald Reagan, I display in my home a framed memento of the great former president. The small white presidential campaign placard, inscribed with the words "Women for Reagan" on a large red heart, bears a treasured autograph of Reagan himself. Feminists will never credit him for this, but President Reagan motivated an entire generation of women to enter public life. Most Women for Reagan became involved in the political process not in spite of his conservative views, but because of them, and went on to...

<p>The Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal from one of the first women trained to fly U.S. Navy combat jets, who claimed during a lengthy and contentious court battle that an advocacy group ruined her military career with a smear campaign questioning her abilities as a pilot.</p>

Members of Congress are demanding answers to their questions about scandalous behavior photographed at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. “How could this happen?” they ask. But this is not the first time that they have been warned about personal indiscipline and inferior training in the military. Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba observed in his scathing report that military police soldiers at Abu Ghraib were weak in basic military occupational skills. How could this happen? Consider the effect of co-ed basic training, imposed on the Army in 1994. Two years later, sex scandals erupted at Aberdeen Proving Ground and basic training facilities....

Petition to President George W. Bush Whereas, the nation is proud of the men and women who are serving their country well in the War on Terrorism, and the Commander-in-Chief who leads them; and Whereas, some activists are trying to use the capture, serious injury, and/or death of female enlisted soldiers in a support unit ambushed in Iraq as an excuse to promote radical feminist objectives, such as the inclusion of uniformed women in Special Forces helicopters, submarines, and many land combat units; and Whereas, the majority of military women, especially enlisted soldiers, have been affected by the previous administration's...

WASHINGTON - Female American troops in Iraq have killed Iraqis with bombs and bullets. They've won medals for valor and Purple Hearts for combat wounds. They've been captured as prisoners of war, killed by enemy fire and buried as heroes in Arlington National Cemetery. American women have participated more extensively in combat in Iraq than in any previous war in U.S. history. They've taken roles nearly inconceivable just a decade or two ago - flying fighter jets and attack helicopters, patrolling streets armed with machine guns and commanding units of mostly male soldiers. Seven have been killed in combat. Yet...

After months of secrecy and media diversion, now we know that former prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch was brutally raped by Iraqi thugs, shortly after she survived the horrific ambush of her 507th Maintenance Unit in Iraq. We need brave women in the military, but no one’s daughter should have to suffer an ordeal comparable to that experienced by the 19 year-old Lynch—Not in the name of women’s careers, men’s resentment, military necessity, or anything else. Private Lynch reportedly feels used by the Department of Defense, which filmed her rescue and released a morale-boosting video that raised the eyebrows...

<p>A federal appeals court is expected to rule before year's end on a 7-year-old libel lawsuit that pits a pioneer Navy pilot against prominent activist Elaine Donnelly and her Center for Military Readiness.</p> <p>Former Navy pilot Carey D. Lohrenz has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a district court judge who dismissed her suit against Mrs. Donnelly. A three-judge panel of the district court heard oral arguments last week.</p>

<p>A federal appeals court is expected to rule before year's end on a 7-year-old libel lawsuit that pits a pioneer Navy pilot against prominent activist Elaine Donnelly and her Center for Military Readiness.</p> <p>Former Navy pilot Carey D. Lohrenz has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reverse a district court judge who dismissed her suit against Mrs. Donnelly. A three-judge panel of the district court heard oral arguments last week.</p>

CMR LAUNCHES AMERICANS FOR THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN Petition asks President Bush to Revise Clinton-Era Social Engineering in the Military Contact: Elaine Donnelly, President CMR For Immediate Release info@cmrlink.org September 9, 2003 America is extremely proud of the men and women who continue to serve in the War on Terrorism, but questions persist about the consequences of Clinton-era social engineering in the military. In the earliest days of the fierce Battle of Iraq, the nation learned of the violent capture of three brave female soldiers. Two were single mothers, and one of them never came home. Many people have asked what...

Army Stops Asking Questions About Land Combat Feminist activists and their friends in the media keep insisting that military women strongly desire the “opportunity” to serve in land combat units. But is that true? Opinion surveys done by the Army indicate that the majority of military women are strongly opposed to combat assignments—especially if it means being forced into combat on an “equal” basis with men. According to the General Accounting Office (GAO), quoting a study done by the Rand Corporation in 1998, only 10% of female privates and corporals agreed that “women should be treated exactly like men and...

In the earliest days of the fierce Battle of Iraq, the nation learned of the violent capture of three brave female soldiers. Two were single mothers, and one of them never came home. Feminists have rushed to exploit the tragedies of that day by renewing their drive to put other women into all close combat units, including special operations forces and related helicopters, submarines, and even the infantry and armor. In defense of sound personnel policies in the armed forces, the Center for Military Readiness has launched a national Americans for the Military petition campaign. We are asking President Bush...

Prominent homosexual rights activist Stephen Herbits, who, according to the national homosexual magazine Advocate, has contributed $17,000 to Democratic candidates, is back at work screening political appointees to President Bush’s Pentagon. Herbits also screened Defense Department personnel early in the Bush Administration. In response to a query from HUMAN EVENTS, Cmdr. Donald Sewell of the Pentagon public affairs office e-mailed this statement on July 10: "Mr. Herbits is an intermittent consultant to the Department of Defense assisting the Office of the Secretary on organizational and personnel matters. He served as Secretary [Donald] Rumsfeld’s special assistant during his first tour at...

The Center for Military Readiness, an independent public policy organization that specializes in military personnel issues, hopes that Army officials will investigate and answer the following questions about the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Unit, and the subsequent rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch. It is impossible to make sound decisions on any major personnel policy, such as women in combat, until relevant facts are known: 1. A disturbing video of apparently executed soldiers was shown on Aljazeera TV, together with the frightened faces of Spec. Shoshana Johnson and four male captives. One month later, the remains of the last-identified casualty...

<p>The entire nation has been moved by the dramatic stories of three female soldiers captured from a maintenance unit in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom. First we saw the grisly sight of several slain soldiers, and the frightened face of Spec. Shoshana Johnson, single mother of a 2-year-old. She and four others were interrogated on videotape, moved around Iraq by their captors, and recently found by American forces.</p>

Serving Up The Lives Of Soldiers, All For A Jessica Lynch Photo Op By Lowell Phillips Tuesday, April 8, 2003 ToogoodReports.com Even before the reports of "heroics" by former POW Jessica Lynch began to surface the calls were sounding for women to be put in frontline combat. As the days pass and Hollywood reps looking to make a buck and pundits and politicians with an agenda latch on to her, the volume will increase, truth will fade further, the goal may be achieved, and more people will die that need not. In reality, the yet to be confirmed accounts of...

March 27, 2003, 7:30 a.m. Female TroubleWomen in war face worse risks than men.By Elaine Donnelly Many Americans were surprised to learn of the plight of an enlisted woman captured as the first female prisoner of war in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson, 30-year-old single mother of a two-year-old daughter, was seen on videotape, terrified, in the hands of Iraqi irregulars. Her captors had just killed and desecrated the bodies of several soldiers taken prisoner when their Army maintenance unit went astray on March 23. Later came the news that Pfc. Jessica Lynch, a supply clerk, is...

The captured American Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson, by all accounts, had no intention of becoming a feminist icon. A note of unseemly glee has greeted the tragedy of her falling into the hands of the Iraqis, as if to say, "Look, women can be prisoners of war, too!" The New York Times ran an editorial titled "The Pinking of the Armed Forces," hailing Johnson's capture a reminder of how the American military has evolved, slowly and sometimes reluctantly, into an organization where the dangerous jobs of war are performed by both sexes." One can only wait for other leaps ahead...