From a Family Research Council petition to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel: Reports indicate that senior Pentagon officials have recently consulted with radical secularists to formulate a policy that would put military chaplains and other leaders who “promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion” in danger of court-martial. Our brave troops …
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LGBT Military Family Group Denounces San Francisco Pride, Others Call For Boycott
>>>UPDATE: SF Pride Cancels Bradley Manning As Grand Marshal
The support group for military LGBT families has denounced San Francisco Pride for naming imprisoned WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning as one of this year’s grand marshals. Via press release: “Manning’s blatant disregard for the safety of our service members and the security of our nation should not be praised,” said Stephen Peters, president of AMPA. “The LGBT military community is …
Read More »SF Pride Grand Marshal: Bradley Manning
Imprisoned WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning has been named one of this year’s grand marshals for San Francisco Pride. Pride’s electoral college, which is made up of former grand marshals, has selected Army Private First Class Bradley Manning as its choice for grand marshal. Manning has admitted to leaking 700,000 classified U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks and is facing court-martial. He …
Read More »New Study: No Effect From DADT Repeal
A newly-published study by the Palm Center reveals no negative impact on “military readiness, unit cohesion, recruitment, retention or morale” from the repeal of DADT. The authors of the study, who included professors at U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and U.S. Marine Corps War College, arrived at this conclusion after soliciting the views of 553 …
Read More »Linda Harvey Vs Pentagon
“The uniform of our country was allowed to honor a display featuring men dressed as women, people in virtually no clothing at all and in your face advocacy of every aspect of homosexuality. How low will this present administration stoop before Americans say ‘we’ve had enough’? Here’s how the decision went down: there were concerns that some military members would …
Read More »VIDEO: Pentagon Pride Event
Pentagon Pride Live Stream
Watch the Pentagon’s Pride event live here. (Via Towleroad)
Read More »PhoboQuotable – Carl Gallups
“Open homosexuality has been enacted and in less than a year the military is celebrating Gay Pride Month. This downward progression was easy to forecast and I fear the worst is yet to be seen in this matter. The military is actually going to celebrate the fact that two men have sex as though one of them is a woman! …
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Read More »Elaine Donnelly: Pissed At The Pentagon
Elaine Donnelly is pissed. Hurray! And what kind of effect will such celebrations have on people of faith in the military, including chaplains? “Zero tolerance,” Donnelly said. ” … If you don’t agree, you can end your military career. A Coast Guard [member] initially lost his job for merely inquiring about privacy. Military LGBT law works to stifle and end …
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Pentagon To Celebrate Pride Month
The Department of Defense has announced that they will recognize gay pride month. Last summer, gays in the military dared not admit their sexual orientation. This summer, the Pentagon will salute them, marking gay pride month just as it marks other celebrations honoring racial or ethnic groups. Officials said Thursday that they’re planning the first-ever event to recognize gay and …
Read More »Two U.S. House Reps Seek To Reinstate Domestic Propaganda Program
Two members of the U.S. House, one from each party, are seeking to lift a decades-old ban on distributing pro-America propaganda campaigns within the United States. Congress passed bills in 1948 and again in 1987 to protect American audiences from disinformation campaigns created by the U.S. government for use overseas. The bi-partisan amendment is sponsored by Rep. Mark Thornberry (R) …
Read More »Pentagon: Calm Down Wingnuts, It’ll Still Be Against The Rules To Fuck Horses
After a week of nonstop wingnut dumbassery, today the Pentagon was forced to issue a clarification on the potential repeal of the military’s ban on sodomy. Conservative groups are upset over a proposed change in the defense bill that would eliminate Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The code states that any person who engages in “unnatural …
Read More »Pentagon OK’s On-Base Weddings
The Pentagon says that military chaplains may now conduct same-sex weddings on base or anywhere else. The ruling announced Friday by the Pentagon’s personnel chief follows the Sept. 20 repeal of a law that had prohibited gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Some members of Congress have objected to military chaplains performing same-sex unions, saying it would …
Read More »Official Notice Of DADT Repeal
WSJ Reports Pentagon Will Tomorrow Certify Repeal Of DADT
Big news: Top defense officials plan to certify Friday that the Pentagon is ready to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, officials said, a landmark moment after almost two decades of controversy. The military now has to resolve crucial questions such as what benefits same-sex couples will receive. While the military will be free to provide …
Read More »BREAKING: Pentagon Orders Halt To DADT Dismissals, Welcomes Openly Gay Troops
Just in from the Army Times: The Pentagon has ordered a halt to all separations of gay troops under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and will begin accepting applications from prospective recruits who identify themselves as homosexuals. The moratorium issued Friday came after a ruling Wednesday by a federal appeals court in California ordering the Defense Department to immediately stop enforcing …
Read More »Pentagon Revokes On Base Marriages
The Washington Post is tweeting that the Pentagon has revoked the U.S. Navy memo granting permission for chaplains to perform on-base same-sex marriages. This comes after two days of intense anti-gay lobbying on the issue by House GOP members working under the orders of the Family Research Council.
Read More »Defense Secretary Robert Gates To Troops: DADT Repeal Will Bring Little Change
Just posted to the Pentagon’s official YouTube channel. (Tipped by JMG reader John)
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