rssIraq, Afghanistan Vets ‘Overwhelmingly’ Support ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:18 pm
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The Vet Voice Foundation has commissioned a rare scientific poll to survey military attitudes about the ban on open gay military service. It’s found broad and deep support among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans for getting rid of the ban.
An overwhelming majority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans say it is personally acceptable to them if gay and lesbian people were allowed to serve openly in the military. Seven in ten (73%) say it is acceptable, including 42% who say it would be acceptable and 31% who would find it acceptable even though they would not like it. Only a quarter (25%) would find it unacceptable. Generational differences exist here as well, but they are not as dramatic as conventional wisdom might indicate. Forty-seven percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans under age 35 find it acceptable and would like the policy change and another 30% find it acceptable and do not like it, for a total of 77% who find it personally acceptable if gay and lesbian people were allowed to serve openly in the military. Seventy percent of veterans over age 35 would find it acceptable and only a quarter would find it unacceptable (26%).
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has come out forcefully for repeal. In an odd bit of testimony yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia, said the “time has come” to consider a repeal commensurate with the needs of a military fighting two wars, although he did not enter his full statement on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” into the Senate record. (He’s in front of the House Armed Services Committee today, but unfortunately I can’t cover his testimony.)
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Comment posted March 17, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
I'm a Vet and I'm for repealing DADT also. When I was in the service there were soldiers who everyone knew were gay and no one cared. The only thing we cared about was”could you carry your load , can you shoot, and do you have my back? “.
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Comment posted March 17, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
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While none of my men ever talked about it, their comraderie and brotherhood overshadowed racial, cultural and sexual orientation.
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Comment posted July 3, 2010 @ 2:46 am
While none of my men ever talked about it, their comraderie and brotherhood overshadowed racial, cultural and sexual orientation.
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Comment posted November 30, 2010 @ 11:34 pm
Tell the President to leave “Don’t ask. Don’t tell” as it is. Support the below petition:
“Don’t ask. Don’t tell” http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/donotask/
President Obama, elected members of Congress, appointed judges of the Supreme Court and governors, we are a God fearing country. We ask you to honor God in your future decisions and to lead the charge that will allow us to honor God through military service and in our daily lives. Just maybe, God will hear from Heaven and heal our land.
Several groups have chosen to use the Black experience and struggle for civil rights as justification for their support to gay and lesbian groups in their fight for gay rights. A nationally recognized religious leader said something to the effect that he could not deny gay rights because of his experience in fighting for civil rights. The battles for civil rights and gay rights are not synonymous. America’s experience with slavery and its people struggle for civil rights weren’t new occurrences.
In the book of Genesis, Joseph’s brothers sold him to merchants who later sold Joseph into slavery. God’s chosen people served as slaves in Egypt prior to God delivering them out of slavery in the book of Exodus. In the books of 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles God sent his chosen people into exile because of disobedience to him. They often served as slaves.
Those serving as slaves and remaining obedient to God prospered. Joseph rose to the second highest-ranking position in Egypt. The prophet Daniel served as a slave under three kings. The King made Daniel ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men (Daniel 2:48). Queen Esther fought and won equal rights for Jews to exist. In retrospect, although our nation’s experience with slavery was more recent and several scares remain, it was not a new and isolated occurrence.
Twisting gay right into civil rights is a more recent strategy used by gay and lesbian supporters. However, God did not approve of a man sleeping with a man as he would a woman. The Bible says such a practice is detestable (Leviticus 18:22). We should refer to the Bible and recognize the consequence of allowing organized efforts to desensitize us into accepting alternate lifestyles. “The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men” (Psalm 12:8).
We, as Americans, choose not to continue to appease an organized and more vocal small segment of the population at the expense of America losing favor with God. The average American is God fearing and does not favor gays serving openly in the military. Silence has been our problem as gays are seeking to do what is right in their eyes and want us to accept it. They have misled us to believe their struggle for gay rights and repealing “Don’t ask. Don’t tell” is a fight for their civil rights.
Americans are motivated by love for God and for their neighbors. God loves all people, as we all should. However, God wants us to be obedient to him as we honor his Word. Our military leaders should not be deceived to trust in man’s wisdom, warplanes, guns and bombs. As Psalm 20:7 states, “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
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