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In a remarkable sign of a cultural change in the U.S. military, Panetta said that with the repeal last year of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that prohibited homosexuals from serving openly in the military, "gays" and lesbians can now be proud to be in uniform. "Now you can be proud of serving your country, and be proud of who you are," Panetta said.
The defense chief also said he's committed to removing as many barriers as possible to making the military a model of equal opportunity.
Panetta's video message was part of a Pentagon salute to LGBT troops as the Pentagon joined the rest of the U.S. government for the first time in marking June as gay pride month. It comes nine months after repeal of the policy that had prohibited homosexual troops from serving openly and forced more than 13,500 service members out of the armed forces.
This month's event will follow a long tradition at the Pentagon of recognizing diversity in America's armed forces. Hallway displays and activities, for example, have marked Black History Month and Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
A forced agenda
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/15/2012 12:05 PM
Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (USA-Ret.) is senior fellow for national security at theFamily Research Council. He reacts to Panetta's announcement of an official military salute to homosexual troops.
"They want to be recognized as the same moral equivalent of heterosexuals," he tells OneNewsNow. "And the way to do this is to force forward their particular agenda -- you know, make them on the same equal opportunity status as African-Americans, Asian-Americans, anyone."
According to Maginnis, even equal status is not enough for those who push that agenda. "Actually they'd like to exceed it," he says. "They want our total endorsement of who they are and what they represent. So this is no surprise. I've been warning about this years, and now it's becoming true."
The retired Army officer, who has long studied the impact of open homosexuality in the military, laments what has transpired under the Obama administration.
"I know how destructive that lifestyle can be, so I'm personally distressed by how official Washington has kowtowed," he says. "But I think even more so, [I'm] distressed that those in the military -- the senior ranks -- caved to the political persuasion of the Obama administration to force this down our throats ...."
And that, he says is "unfortunate because it undermines the effectiveness of our force and the cohesion that's so critical -- and especially in time of war."
Elaine Donnelly with the Center for Military Readiness takes strong exception to how the military is being used for an experiment in social engineering. "Our military is there to defend the country. It operates under different rules," she tells OneNewsNow. "Of course careers and opportunity are important, but the needs of the military must come first."
As for Secretary Panetta's announcement? "Celebrating the gay pride agenda is not an appropriate role for the secretary of defense," says Donnelly. "Our military does not exist to promote diversity as defined by the LGBT left."
The defense chief also said he's committed to removing as many barriers as possible to making the military a model of equal opportunity.
Panetta's video message was part of a Pentagon salute to LGBT troops as the Pentagon joined the rest of the U.S. government for the first time in marking June as gay pride month. It comes nine months after repeal of the policy that had prohibited homosexual troops from serving openly and forced more than 13,500 service members out of the armed forces.
This month's event will follow a long tradition at the Pentagon of recognizing diversity in America's armed forces. Hallway displays and activities, for example, have marked Black History Month and Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
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A forced agenda
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/15/2012 12:05 PM
Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (USA-Ret.) is senior fellow for national security at theFamily Research Council. He reacts to Panetta's announcement of an official military salute to homosexual troops."They want to be recognized as the same moral equivalent of heterosexuals," he tells OneNewsNow. "And the way to do this is to force forward their particular agenda -- you know, make them on the same equal opportunity status as African-Americans, Asian-Americans, anyone."
According to Maginnis, even equal status is not enough for those who push that agenda. "Actually they'd like to exceed it," he says. "They want our total endorsement of who they are and what they represent. So this is no surprise. I've been warning about this years, and now it's becoming true."
The retired Army officer, who has long studied the impact of open homosexuality in the military, laments what has transpired under the Obama administration.
"I know how destructive that lifestyle can be, so I'm personally distressed by how official Washington has kowtowed," he says. "But I think even more so, [I'm] distressed that those in the military -- the senior ranks -- caved to the political persuasion of the Obama administration to force this down our throats ...."
And that, he says is "unfortunate because it undermines the effectiveness of our force and the cohesion that's so critical -- and especially in time of war."
Elaine Donnelly with the Center for Military Readiness takes strong exception to how the military is being used for an experiment in social engineering. "Our military is there to defend the country. It operates under different rules," she tells OneNewsNow. "Of course careers and opportunity are important, but the needs of the military must come first."As for Secretary Panetta's announcement? "Celebrating the gay pride agenda is not an appropriate role for the secretary of defense," says Donnelly. "Our military does not exist to promote diversity as defined by the LGBT left."
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