The United States spent 24 of its precious hours honoring our veterans yesterday. As millions came together in militaristic remembrance, retired Navy Capt. Sandy Geiselman lamented one of America’s most conspicuous pieces of discrimination: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. As part of her piece, Geiselman points out three of the law’s fundamental flaws…
First, DADT threatens our national security by prohibiting able-bodied and intelligent gays and lesbians. Second, it’s fucking rude. We’ll let Geiselman make the third and final point:
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” flies in the face of family values. As the mother of two daughters, I know just how difficult it can be to maintain a family while serving in our forces. This law, however, makes it doubly so. There are no benefits or support for same-sex families in the armed forces, and for those deployed abroad, keeping a family unit intact while serving in the shadows of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is nearly impossible.
That should get conservatives’, but oh-so-many of them don’t consider gays “family”.
Those poor, ignorant apes.
How about we take this to the next level?
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Interesting, Colonel (ret) Kammemeyer (sic) was a lesbian RN PhD who retired at the same rank, O-6 , as did the Naval Captain Geiselman.
I am unclear, but it seems as if the retired naval captain is a heterosexual. Her commentary suggests that she holds gay affirming views she was willing to share after her military service was terminated.
A perusal of the website for the Servicemen’s Defence League states that all general or flag officers who have “come out” have done so after their retirement. I believe that the highest rank so far is major general or rear admiral, upper half.
If Hillary is elected, DADT will fall if the Congress can pass a law modifying the UCMJ. Its replacement in the homophobic legal system in your country will not be too favourable a difference. What? Serve openly as a homosexual, but no sex since familial commitments are prohibited by the DOMA law, and UCMJ laws against same-sex coupling??????