(USA Today) On Wednesday, President Obama signed legislation which repealed the military policy banning homosexuals from openly displaying their sexuality in the military. Describing it as "a moment more than two centuries in the making," President Obama signed into law a repeal of the 17-year old "Don't ask, don't tell" policy which forbids homosexuals from saying they are homosexual. Under this policy, the military wasn't allowed to ask if a recruit was homosexual nor was the recruit to reveal his/her "sexuality or sexual orientation". President Obama said when this new legislation is fully implemented in a matter of months, the action will make the nation's armed forces stronger. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) an openly homosexual congressman, said it's the biggest piece of civil rights legislation since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. How appalling! To equate race with a lifestyle that the Bible says is an abomination is ludicrous. Frank stated that this legislation marked only a step forward toward full equality that one day should include the right to marry." He said we're at the halfway point.
President Obama made the claim that he struggles with his views on gay marriage which he claims he's been opposed to in the past. Obama stated he supports favoring civil unions for homosexual couples which would grant them legal rights as heterosexuals. The boisterous crowd that heralded the bill signing cheered as a history they helped to create. They savored the moment with standing ovation and cheers of "Yes We Can" and "U-S-A."
President Clinton agreed to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in 1993 as a compromise to replace a Pentagon policy that homosexuality was incompatible with military service. More than 17,000 homosexuals and lesbians were discharged under the initial policy, as well as 14,000 more since 1993. The fight to repeal the law was an uphill battle even after President Obama won the White House in 2008. It took until last weekend for the Senate, in a "lame duck" session, to vote 65-31 for repeal; opponents such as Senator John McCain argued that it could weaken military readiness. McCain is right on what he said, but he straddles the fence quite often you can't rely on McCain to stand for conservative, Judeo-Christian principles. "It's a great day in America," said Darrel Choat, a Marine Corps major who attended the bill-signing ceremony." "It would have been way worse for the next couple of years."
The loudest ovation of the day was reserved for Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Obama quoted Mullen as having said, "Our people sacrifice a lot for their country, including their lives. None of them should have to sacrifice their integrity as well." Speaking directly to gays and lesbians at the end of his remarks, Obama urged them to serve with honor, and he welcomed new recruits: "I say to all Americans, gay or straight, who want nothing more than to defend this country in uniform: Your country needs you, your country wants you, and we will be honored to welcome you into the ranks of the finest military the world has ever known."
I can remember when then Arkansas governor Bill Clinton campaigned on lifting the ban on homosexuals serving in the military in the 1992 presidential race. I made the statement this was just the tip of the iceberg. The homosexuals have come out of the closet since Bill Clinton accepted a compromise with the military and appointed homosexuals to certain positions of power within the government. Everytime you listen to the news you're always hearing something about gay rights. Until the homosexual rights movement first began in 1969, the term "gay" meant happy. It had nothing to do with a perverted lifestyle. It's pathetic we have a government that's in lockstep with one another in trying to push this lifestyle upon the American public. Our elected elite is trying to make the homosexual lifestyle the mainstream in America. Just the other day former president Jimmy Carter made the statement that someday a homosexual will probably be elected to the White House.
Instead of the military brass trying to win both the wars in the Middle East, they're more concerned about weakening our military and forcing the armed forces to accept the homosexual lifestyle. The Pentagon leaders such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Admiral Michael Mullen should be escorted out the door and sent out into the highway. They have no business in running our armed forces. Instead of leveling with the American people about why we're still in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the military brass is catering to the homosexual lobby. The United States government and the military brass are perverted and corrupt. God help this country! God's blessings aren't going to remain on a country that dishonors God's word and tries to redefine the family unit. The family unit is the basic building block of society. That consists of the husband, wife, and offspring (children). God will never bless the homosexual lifestyle. It's a perversion.
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