{"id":10236,"date":"2010-10-16T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T21:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2010-10-16T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T21:52:03","slug":"us-general-against-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/us-general-against-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"US general against repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell""},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON — As many as 95 percent of Marines would be uncomfortable serving alongside openly gay troops, the retiring commandant of the Marine Corps told Fox News in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n

Gen. James Conway told Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin that a majority of his men and women think a repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy barring gays from serving openly will be problematic, so he has to believe that, too.<\/p>\n

“When we take a survey of our Marines, by and large, they say that they are concerned that it will cause potential problems with regard to their order and discipline — that it will impact their sense of unit cohesion,” Conway said.<\/p>\n

Gen. Conway was the first member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to speak out against a repeal earlier this year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen publicly endorsed President Obama’s desire to change the law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The percentage of homosexuals in the military is in the “low single digits”, <\/em>so why is this policy being repealed? Because it \u201cinfringes on fundamental rights\u201d<\/em>? – then why join the military; there is nothing quite as right infringing as being shot at by inconsiderate enemies. To make 3% of the military comfortable while making 90% uncomfortable? Because it has been illegal for the last 17 years and someone has just noticed? For the application of that elusive commodity, fairness?<\/p>\n

Or to make the military compliant with the psychoses of our homosexualised culture?<\/p>\n

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