Thursday, April 13, 2006

"Should The ACLU Involve Itself In Military Matters?"

by Gribbit on 04-12-06 @ 9:20 pm Filed under ACLU

"In 1993, President William Jefferson Clinton, bowing to his ultra left-wing supporters, established the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy relating to homosexuality. However, this policy is a big nothing if a homosexual relationship or encounter becomes general knowledge. Because being a homosexual is still a violation of the enlistment contract or commission the service member agreed to when entering military service to.
Enter Maj. Margaret Witt, United States Airforce Reserve who has been engaged in a lesbian relationship for many years. Last month she was discharged from the Airforce Reserve because the relationship had become general knowledge.

The ACLU has taken up her case and is assisting her fight her discharge.
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You can read all of Stop's take on the matter by clicking here.

Now, of course the ACLU hasn't a leg to stand on, as the laws regarding gays in the military are quite clear. Don't ask, don't tell, lead an overt homosexual lifestyle and you're out.

That's the law. If the ACLU wants to change the law then that's fine, but until the law has changed, the military has the right to discipline members who are proven to be homosexuals.

I'm not a big believer in witch-hunts. What people do on their personal time is their business as long as they are not hurting anyone, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, or breaking any law. Certain professions must maintain high standards of discipline and if one violates part of the military code of conduct then they should expect to be dealt with severely.

So what we're probably talking about here is an overt homosexual lifestyle, and one of the things I hate even more than a witch hunt is someone flouting the law because they think they're special, or above facing the consequence of mere mortals. If this is the case, then Major Witt should change her name to Civilian Half-Witt and get about the job of acclimating herself to the life of a normal citizen, because the last thing we need in our military is someone, especially an officer, who does not understand, or refuses to obey the law.

Gribbet from Stop does a good job but stumbles in his description of why the military has and must enforce regulations against homosexuality. I don't want to hear a heterosexual speaking about what it's like to be in a fighting hole (Gribbet uses the Army term of foxhole) with a lover.

"Another reason has to do with injury in combat. What would it be like if you had two openly homosexual men in an infantry unit who were involved with each other. They go into combat and one of them gets shot. How would his boyfriend react on the battlefield? Instead of the unit being down one weapon, there is a potential of being down two as a result of one round. This is unacceptable."

The above is so very infantile as to beggar belief, but pray tell, Gribbet, what would the reaction of the lover be? If you haven't experienced this, or don't know the answer then don't ask the question. This age-old canard has been bandied about for what might very well be millenia, and let me tell you this as a first-hand fact:

I've seen plenty of men go stark raving mad when a close friend was injured. I've gone stark raving mad when a close friend was injured. It's only natural, and you SHOULD fight the urge to do so in such a situation but it doesn't always happen.

Do gays go more stark raving mad then heterosexuals? Beats me. I'm not gay and cannot answer that, but if Gribbet has some inside scoop he'd like to share then by all means let's have it.

I like it when someone throws in a personal touch to cover a story, as that's what blogging is all about. But, hearsay, second, third, or fourth-hand information is schtick designed to provoke a gut-check response over an intellectual one and should remain in the dear-diary domain.

Tell me what it's like to lose your gay lover in combat or don't bring it up.

2 comments:

Lemuel Calhoon said...

I think that the Sacred Band went down fighting to the last man and managed to kill at least two for every one of them.

Fits said...

Bravo. And I'm sure this instance is reflected many times over and not merely an aberration.