General Pace Doesn’t Need to Apologize
I LOVE this man!
“I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it’s OK to be immoral in any way.” –Yahoo!
Did he say we should kick all homosexuals out of the military?
No.
Did he say homosexuals are immoral?
No.
General Pace said homosexual acts are immoral. It is the policy of the military to disallow romantic entanglements among the forces, male/female or both. By saying that NO SEXUAL ACTS are tolerated, he’s not discriminating in any way against gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces. He’s saying nothing that is not already law or policy in effect right now.
Everyone who volunteers to serve in the military understands that certain “civilian” rights will be denied to them. It has to be that way for the services to operate at even a minimum level of efficiency. No one can ask you to stop being homosexual anymore than you could be asked to stop being heterosexual. One’s sexuality is simply not the point.
The point is cohesiveness. Everyone is assumed to be on the same level with the same rights, subject only to the chain of command. What difference does it then make to whom you are attracted? You can’t have him/her anyway!
March 14th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
The do tend to hate anything good. Like a man who has given all of his adult life to serve and defend … us.
March 14th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
No need to apologize…
March 14th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Amen Gen Pace!! No need to apologize!!
March 15th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
I see no need for an apology, either. I sure hope he doesn’t. He was speaking of his beliefs, and isn’t that permitted?
April 9th, 2007 at 8:07 am
“General Pace said homosexual acts are immoral”
“[… he’s not discriminating in any way against gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces”
So it would be the same thing if he had said that “heterosexual acts are immoral”, and in that case why didn´t he to point out that there isn´t a difference?