A Republican group scrambles to overturn ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ while the Obama administration is fighting to keep it alive. Welcome to the alternate universe of partisan politics.
A lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice is standing in the way of a Republican-backed injunction on the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell‘ policy. The lawsuit is based on the argument that an injunction of this magnitude—just eliminating a policy without giving it thorough research and gradual implementation—could harm wartime military readiness abroad.
Those in favor of the injunction would argue the opposite: that the 17 year-old policy is harmful on a personal level to all gay servicemen. And that it’s detrimental to all, because it openly discourages trust and camaraderie between service members in the military.
A gay rights organization called the Log Cabin Republicans is responsible for bringing the injunction against ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to court and they’ve expressed their disappointment at the Obama administration’s withdrawal of their support. After all, the president didn’t hesitate during his campaign to voice disapproval towards the uncomfortably homophobic military policy with his intention to eliminate it.
But all disappointment aside, why is a Republican group acting like a bunch of liberal softies, and what’s the deal with Obama being such a conservative hard-ass?
A Republican organization is in support of liberal legislation while the Obama administration snubs the outcry for civil rights justice within the military? Is today is opposite day?
Next up: Bono tells Africa to go fuck itself, and Newt Gingrich is caught having a spicy affair with a Saudi oil sheikh.
September 26, 2010 at 6:49 am, shadow_man said:
To those of you using the Bible as a weapon against homosexuality, you are wrong. Homosexuality is not a sin. The Bible is constantly being taken out of context to support anti-gay views. Scholars who have studied the Bible in context of the times and in relation to other passages have shown those passages (Leviticus, Corinthians, Romans, etc) have nothing to do with homosexuality. These passages often cherry-picked while ignoring the rest of the Bible. The sins theses passages are referring to are idolatry, Greek temple sex worship, prostitution, pederasty with teen boys, and rape, not homosexuality or two loving consenting adults.
http://www.soulfoodministry.org/docs/English/NotASin.htm
http://www.jesus21.com/content/sex/bible_homosexuality_print.html
http://www.christchapel.com/reclaiming.html
http://www.stjohnsmcc.org/new/BibleAbuse/BiblicalReferences.php
http://www.gaychristian101.com/
http://www.mccchurch.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Resources&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2121
http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.org/biblical_evidence.html
http://www.soulforce.org/article/homosexuality-bible-gay-christian
http://www.goodhopemcc.org/spirituality/sexuality-and-bible/homosexuality-not-a-sin-not-a-sickness.html
September 26, 2010 at 6:49 am, shadow_man said:
For those of you claiming homosexuality is a “lifestyle”, that is a false and ignorant statement. Homosexuality is not a choice. Just like you don't choose the color of your skin, you cannot choose whom you are sexually attracted to. If you can, sorry, but you are not heterosexual, you are bi-sexual. Virtually all major psychological and medical experts agree that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Most gay people will tell you its not a choice. Common sense will tell you its not a choice. While science is relatively new to studying homosexuality, studies tend to indicate that its biological.
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/differential-brain-activation.pdf
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex.html
Gay, Straight Men's Brain Responses Differ
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155990,00.html
http://www.livescience.com/health/060224_gay_genes.html
http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27453600k586276/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/16/172/
There is overwhelming scientific evidence that homosexuality is not a choice. Sexual orientation is generally a biological trait that is determined pre-natally, although there is no one certain thing that explains all of the cases. “Nurture” may have some effect, but for the most part it is biological.
And it should also be noted that:
“It is worth noting that many medical and scientific organizations do believe it is impossible to change a person's sexual orientation and this is displayed in a statement by American Academy of Pediatrics, American Counseling Association, American Association of School Administrators, American Federation of Teachers, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, American School Health Association, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, National Association of School Psychologists, National Association of Social Workers, and National Education Association.”