Posted by
CPT on Saturday, March 17, 2007 7:14:08 AM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General
Pace said in a newspaper interview that homosexual behavior is immoral. He compared it to adultery in terms of morality. His position and opinion that sex outside of a monogamous, traditional marriage isn't moral behavior. Boy did that set off the collectivist sheople herders and the homosexual political activists.
Homosexual activist groups (not sounding very "
gay") complained; "General Pace's comments are outrageous, insensitive and disrespectful to the 65,000 lesbian and gay troops now serving in our armed forces,"
Another unquantified claim was made; "General Pace's statements aren't in line with either the majority of the public or the military," said Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Martin Meehan. "He needs to recognize that support for overturning (the policy) is strong and growing" and that the military is "turning away good troops to enforce a costly policy of discrimination."
Of course Meehan, as many if not most politicians will claim anything in furtherance of his agenda. Meehan is trying to pass a law eliminating the Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Liberals again *
project* their own feelings and wishful fantasies on to a "majority of the public or the military". Proof isn't required, just yearning.
Louis Vizcaino, spokesman for the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign, said Pace's comments were "insulting and offensive to the men and women ... who are serving in the military honorably."
So here are the questions that naturally proceed from the quotes above and the news coverage since...
- Where is the data supporting Meehan's "majority of the public or the military" claim?
- Where is the data showing "support for overturning is strong and growing"?
- Where is any data supporting the claim of 65,000 homosexual troops?
- What is wrong with Pace expressing the view that homosexual behavior is immoral? It's only been considered such for THOUSANDS of years by most people.
- People have called for Pace to "apologize". What should he apologize for?
- Why should Pace apologize for his moral opinion?
- What is wrong with people making "moral judgements" and having opinions on what is moral?
- How IS homosexual behavior "moral"?
- Why aren't there calls for Senator Warner from Virginia to apologize for expressing his moral opinion?
- What is "irresponsible" (according to Sharon Alexander, the deputy policy director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) about General Pace expressing his moral opinion?
- Why is it *wrong* to view homosexual behavior as wrong?
- As immoral?
- As deviant?
- As aberrant?
- As abnormal?
It is all of those, traditionally (and I suspect to *
most* people). Yet in our great country people are free to engage in it. I support that freedom too. I don't care who you, he or she sleeps with.
I do object to politicizing it. To attempts to *normalize*. To how activists flaunt it in everyone's face. To the efforts to have it acknowledged by people and particularly the government as normal, healthy behavior. Heck these activists want it
CELEBRATED. This defies virtually the whole of social history. This defies, what I believe to be, the opinion of the vast majority of people. No matter how they try to convince us with PR, school indoctrination of our children, and government legislation they'll never beat down that *
Ewwwww!* factor that most people in non-public, unguarded venues will express. The reaction of most people is visceral because homosexual behavior defies human biological design and at an elemental level is disgusting to many, if not most people. It has nothing to do with fear either.
Most people (I believe) don't want to persecute homosexuals or legislate their sexual preference. Nor do I. Government doesn't need to be involved in people's *
PRIVATE* sexual behavior and preferences. This is just another example of the moral relativist collectivists and homosexual activists campaign to get aberrant,
abnormal behavior redefined as something positive, good and normal. The Goebbel's principle at work. Repeat the lie often enough and count on the lazy and/or ignorant to adopt it as a truth.
The military is a special case. "Enforced intimacy", is the term they use. They have legitimate concerns due to the special nature of their work and missions towards "good order and discipline". Troops in combat operations can't be worried about being leered at by homosexuals. No they don't leer at everyone but they do leer at people who attract them. Then the natural and visceral reaction to such attentions by the normal servicemember will adversely impact their concentration, their morale and their discipline. You can't get away from behavior that disgusts you or the people who practice it in a close-knit unit in combat operations.
Pace did nothing wrong and has a long and stellar record of service. He is keeping the pace in our fine tradition and history of the U.S. Military. Leave him alone!
Nice to know
someone agrees with me.
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