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Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I hope you're right and he does ask for a repeal. More importantly, I hope it happens.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
You mean like our military men raping women right and left? Yeah, being straight really keeps the deviant behavior out of the military, huh?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
"Uncomfortable"? I love this argument. It's the most ridiculous one of them all. So, the big manly, soldier is "uncomfortable" with homosexuals, huh? Awww... poor wus! I can just see the big soldier telling his Sargent that his pillow is "uncomfortable" or that he's "uncomfortable" having to march through the mud. I'd love to see that. My answer to that is, "Well, GET comfortable, soldier"!!!
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by Asktheanimals
Black only units?
tothetenthpower
But I understand what your saying, and I respect your point of view, I just don't think that anybodie's personal feelings should interfere with someone's right to serve and protect their country regardless of their personnal choices in life.
tothetenthpower
It's just discriminatory as it stands.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
This isn't about civil rights or the weaker sex. The single thing I don't want to see women doing is killing people, even in war. Call me sexist IDC, I think women are too good for such violent roles.
Originally posted by whatukno
"Don't ask, don't tell."
A dumb move on Clinton's part, but it was a step in the right direction, what it was about was enabling gay citizens to join the military, and it restricted the military from asking questions about a person's sexual preference.
This isn't about civil rights or the weaker sex. The single thing I don't want to see women doing is killing people, even in war. Call me sexist IDC, I think women are too good for such violent roles.
Originally posted by whatukno
Let us not forget some of the most brutal murders have been committed by women. Women can fight.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
This isn't about civil rights or the weaker sex. The single thing I don't want to see women doing is killing people, even in war. Call me sexist IDC, I think women are too good for such violent roles.
Oh well don't worry. Men have made that choice for us.
Many women want to be treated equal - which means being on the front line.
But MAN - - has decided we are too delicate for such things.
Good old Man.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
LOL. I AM an old man, you got that right,
Allow meto rephrase that. I cannot image having my mother or my step-daughter or granddaughter ever being drafted and sent to war. If we were ever actually attacked as a nation I'd be happy to stand next to them on the firing line (my mom is a markswoman).
Since the majority of soldiers HAPPEN to be men, agreed? and 2) Men DO often act quite stupid around women, right? men lose their #e (beg pardon) around women we can't mix them together well in combat units.
Keep women units SEPARATE from men, then OK, that's fine. I could NEVER see women being drafted and sent to combat units, that's really what I would like to avoid.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
The single thing I don't want to see women doing is killing people, even in war. Call me sexist IDC, I think women are too good for such violent roles.
I explained why I don't think OPEN homosexuals should be in combat units.
This is simply my view of what would work best for the military. Now maybe if they had gay-only combat units............hmmm. They did have black only units, japanese/american units. HELL> WHY NOT? You just changed my mind for me mid-post.
Originally posted by jerico65
And I love how they want to make the decisions on who can join and who can't, and they aren't the ones that will have to deal with the problems that will arise from that decision.
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
I was always taught to be protective of women, is there something wrong with that idea?
Originally posted by whatukno
A dumb move on Clinton's part, but it was a step in the right direction...
Originally posted by MajesticJax
Originally posted by Sf18443
Fox news has just reported that Obama, in tonight's state of the union speech, will as congress to repeal the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy in the US military.
Look, I have extensive hetero credentials, but really, what's the big deal? Our military should be made up of the cross-section of our society, and homosexuals are a part of it. My problem lies when they want to force the exposure to homosexuality on our pre-pubescent chidren, (as in presenting that "lifestyle" in school, books, etc, to children 12 or so and under). THAT is wrong.
Other than that, I don't care who Sgt. Jones blows in his off-time, as long as he follows his orders while delivering on his promise to protect the tenets of the Constitution.