Army Secretary John McHugh, who says he’s ready to see DADT repealed, was all set to give the commencement address SUNY Oswego, the upstate New York university. And then you fags had to threaten a protest during the ceremony, and like an ill-educated teenager, he’s pulled out.
Supposedly it’s because he doesn’t want to deal with your disruptions. Or the flair you were going to wear!
Some faculty, staff and students planned to wear buttons supporting repeal of the law that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military, and a few students planned a protest.
At the very least, please limit your exercising of First Amendment rights to below the torso, where McHugh won’t be able to see from his podium perch. For example, “I’m not asking, I’m telling!” belt buckles would be more appropriate. Or perhaps the acronym “DADT” inside a circle with a line through it on a sock, perhaps.
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Taking “push my buttons” bit to the extreme, don’t you think?? :-p
Cam
So this guy is supposed to be in the military…supposed to be able to stand up to people firing guns at him…supposed to stand tall in the face of our enemies and yet buttons scare him. The word “Pathetic” comes to mind.
Mark Alexander
Greatest army in the world? With guys like this at the helm? I. Don’t. Think. So. Jeebus, how can these guys stare down the end of a rifle but turn to trembling gobs of jello at the thought of another man checking out his junk in the shower. Cam got it right when he/she wrote “Pathetic.”
McHugh needs to resign.
Michael @ LeonardMatlovich.com
TRANSLATION: He’s been ordered by his boss, Robert “Repeal Over My Dead Body” Gates, to withdraw because Gates doesn’t want what would get far more media attention than the withdrawal: a protest during McHugh’s speech of Gates & Mullen’s effort to kill repeal. They don’t want another “Obama Caught in the Headlights of Protest in L.A.” type moment
And instead of the incomplete characterization of McHugh above as some kind of hero momentarily off his feed, let’s remember that he also put forth this homophobic nonsense:
AND he stated that he was opposed to a freeze on discharges while “The Study” was happening.
AND he refused to reprimand Lt. Col. Benjamin Mixon for not just insubordination by urging servicemembers and their families to contact Congress and tell them not to repeal despite the statements ostensibly supporting repeal by the Commander-in-Chief, SECDEF and Chair of the Joint Chiefs, but possibly having violated federal law that limits servicemembers political activities.
Apparently, in the subjective interpretation of those laws by the Judge Advocate General, Mixon didn’t technically violate them, nevertheless, Gates and Mullen suggested on March 25th he would and should be disciplined:
But, just like we were lead to believe Gates would ban third-party outings and he didn’t, just like we were told he would announce March 18th new policies to comply with the 9th Circuit’s ruling in the Witt case over a year late and he still hasn’t, at the end of the day, the antigay attitudes in the Pentagon continue to prevail.
Finally, note how Mullen unintentionally revealed that the unmissable consistency in excuses for delaying repeal in the testimony before Senate and House committees and to the press by various brass were not remotely spontaneous or merely coincidental:
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Steve
Gates should resign, or be fired for cause.
Mullen might be more suited to the position.
Rob Moore
They cannot be trusted. If this policy is repealed, it won’t be during this presidential term. Obama doesn’t give a shit about fags and certainly will not tell Gates to stop the bullshit and get on with it.