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March 14th, 2007

Pace: “We should not condone immoral acts” yet military issues moral waivers

Yesterday, General Peter Pace, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, “I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts.”

Ironically, they serve alongside openly gay soldiers from other countries in Iraq and Afghanistan. So much for gay soldiers causing problems in unit cohesion and morale: Our soldiers have been fighting alongside openly gay soldiers for years, it’s just that those openly gay soldiers belong to the British or Austalian military. Gay soldiers are allowed to serve in the U.S. military but only if they lie about being gay.

Even more ironically, the Baltimore Sun reported a month ago that the number of “moral waivers” granted by the military to convicted felons has more than doubled in the last three years alone in order to meet recruitment needs. » Read the rest of this entry »

March 14th, 2007

Former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson: “Overturn the ban on gay service in the military”

Former Sen. Alan K. SimpsonGreat opinion article in today’s Washington Post by Sen. Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming:

As a lifelong Republican who served in the Army in Germany, I believe it is critical that we review — and overturn — the ban on gay service in the military. I voted for “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But much has changed since 1993.