-By Mark Mattingly
What’s that you say, Guy Average? Your headlines are frequently off the wall, but this one takes the cake! Well, not so fast my friend….
The Uniform Code Of Military Justice (UCMJ) prohibits sexual conduct between members of the military unless they are married to one another. Now that DADT (Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell) has been repealed and homosexuals can now openly identify themselves as homosexual and still serve in the military, it is a short step to a discrimination lawsuit that complains something along the line of “we’re homosexual and we want to serve in the military and we also want to be married so when we have sex we won’t be discharged from the military”, or something like that, you get the drift. It is clear from the story by Verena Dobnik and quoted below that the long-term goal in this is to leverage it to expand homosexual legal rights beyond the scope of the military and into US society as a whole. Here are some comments from the article:
Some supporters of the repeal traveled to Washington to witness the vote, including Sue Fulton, a former Army captain and company commander who is spokeswoman for Knights Out, a group of 92 gay and lesbian West Point graduates who are out and no longer serving
Driving back home to North Plainfield, N.J., the 51-year-old Fortune 500 executive told The Associated Press that she thinks the repeal will have an effect on the civil rights of gays in America.
“As more people realize that gay and lesbian citizens are risking their lives to defend this country, perhaps they’ll be more willing to acknowledge gays and lesbians as full citizens in other ways,” she said.
Warren Arbury of Savannah, Ga., served in the Army for seven years, including three combat tours, before being kicked out two years ago under “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But he said he planned to re-enlist once the policy is officially abolished.
“As soon as they give me the go, I’m going to march into the recruiter’s office,” he said. “And I want retroactive pay and rank.”
Arbury said a fight for other social changes – such as allowing gays to marry and easing obstacles they face in adopting and raising children – still lies ahead, however.
“I think it’s one step in a very long process of becoming an equal rights citizen,” he said. “Even though this is really huge, I look at it as a chink in a very, very long chain.”
The effects of this will be negative as far as US National Security is concerned and at the same time will be positive for the homosexual supporters of Barack H. Obama whose agenda The Current President has vowed to advance; both of these results are in line with the goals of The Obama Administration as demonstrated since Obama took office.
The homosexual lobby knows the significance of the change with the repeal of DADT and which dominoes are now lined up to fall, and they will not fail to act on this opportunity. Will Republicans coming in after the Wave Election of 2010 have the courage to stop the massive Change that this will surely portend before it happens, or will they cave in to a lobby that represents approximately 1% of the total US population, but controls a hugely disproportionate amount of money and influence?
Based on history, my guess is that the money and influence will win out when it comes to getting the attention of politicians. Nevertheless, We The People will not go away quietly; if God is willing we will replace the politicians with statesmen in time to restore our Republic.
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Mark Mattingly resides with his wife and five of his six children in Pickerington, Ohio. His oldest son is currently in the US military. He is self-employed along with his wife in a small business that is under duress due to impending changes imposed by Obamacare, from which the business does not currently hold a waiver, which makes him part of a large subset of Americans. He has been an aspiring journalist since he was in high school during the 1970s, before the Internet and word processors were made available to the general public. After education in The School of Hard Knocks’ University Of Life, he has been blogging since 2009 under the pseudonym “Guy Average” and says that if your beliefs are worth dying for then your life is worth living. Mark is a Pro-Lifer to the core and is opposed to murder in every case, and would gladly flip the switch on Old Sparky for any murderer found guilty by the State. Served as campaign manager for a Republican candidate in the 2010 May Primary in Ohio’s 18th district. Visited Washington DC along with a few thousand friends in late 2009 and early 2010. He can be seen at his Average Guy blog.