Homosexuals in the Military: Problems the Left Ignores

Homosexuals in the Military: Problems the Left Ignores

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Homosexuals in the Military: Problems the Left Ignores

September 26, 2012   ·   By Bob Ellis   ·   0 Comments

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US Army Tent in Iraq (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

I read about some disappointing comments from GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan today.  According to comments at CNS News,

“Now that it’s done, we should not reverse it. I think that would be a step in the wrong direction because people have already disclosed themselves.”
“I think this issue is past us,” he added. “It’s done. And I think we need to move on.”

One could make the same argument about ObamaCare, or any other assault on freedom and what’s right. I like Rep. Ryan, but that dog don’t hunt.

On the heels of that article, I read that, despite liberal proclamations that “See, the world didn’t explode because homosexuals were allowed to serve openly in the military” (their stooges in the “mainstream” media would make sure we didn’t know about it if it did happen), this asinine social experiment is indeed causing problems in our armed forces…just as we knew it would.

From the Washington Times we learn of several incidents where consideration of others, along with their freedom, has been quashed in the name of political correctness:

• Military officials have allowed pro-homosexual voices to speak to the media while those who oppose this policy have been silenced
• Military personnel having a private discussion about the negative consequences of this policy have been harassed
• A chaplain who had religious reservations about the policy was forced to “get in line” or resign his commission
• Another chaplain was threatened with early retirement for not toeing the politically correct line, the reassigned and placed under “close supervision”
• A senior chaplain was stripped of his authority for refusing to violate the law and allow counterfeit marriage ceremonies to be held in a military chapel
• At an Officer Training School, a male service member was sexually harassed by a male homosexual, but authorities took no action
• Homosexuals have demanded exceptions to open-door policies (that apply to everyone) in facilities in order to engage in homosexual behavior
• The Navy has allowed homosexuals to choose fellow homosexuals as their bunkmates–something that would never have been allowed for a male and female service member couple
  • It is easy to imagine the condemnation for “intolerance” that would be heaped on a military member in a nearby bunk who did not want to be exposed to this unnatural and immoral behavior

Sailors relax in their bunks aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). (Photo credit: Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Jayme Pastoric)

Knowing how many things don’t get reported in the military–especially in a politically correct environment–we can only wonder how many more incidents may have occurred that we have no record of. The article goes on to discuss even more of the ramifications of this politically correct policy, as well.

The fact that the first anniversary of forcing open homosexual behavior on the military came and went quietly (according to the Obama Administration’sMinistry of Public Enlightenment, aka the “mainstream” media) is nothing more than a fresh illustration of thesame whitewash the pro-homosexual Left smeared on this issue prior to the lame-duck vote in congress.

Anyone who has ever served in the military knows(actually, you don’t even need to have served in order to possess the common sense to see this a mile away)social experiments of this nature trample freedom anddegrade the effectiveness of our military forces. We also knew normal human sensitivities and liberty would be ground underfoot by the ruthless homofascist mindset of the Left.

I spent 10 years in the military in the 1980s and 1990s. I know the close-quarter environment military members must often live and work in, especially overseas and in forward operating areas. I also know that the military strongly enforces whatever the “wisdom of the day” is. Sometimes that consists of whatever asinine buzzword philosophy the paper-pushing bureaucrats in DOD force on them, and at other times it may include legitimate things like stopping sexual harassment, racial discrimination and so forth. I received extensive training on these subjects in basic, and again at my first duty station, as well as periodic re-emphasis of these priorities.

Having this experience, I knew very well what lay in store when a lame-duck Leftist congress decided to force this on the military in late 2010. It took less than a year to begin to see the problems surface.

I sincerely hope that, if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are able to unseat the anti-American Marxist who currently occupies the White House, they–and hopefully a Republican-controlled congress–will change their mind and right this wrong.

Despite the confusion and uncertainty a repeal of this scheme may cause, the effectiveness of our national defense–as well as the God-given liberties of our military members–are far too important to allow this travesty to continue.