joint chiefs chair says homosexuality is immoral
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_gays
Gen. Pace calls homosexuality immoral 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site.
"I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way," Pace told the newspaper in a wide-ranging interview.
Pace, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, said he based his views on his upbringing.
He said he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell policy" in which gay men and women are allowed in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private. The policy, signed into law by President Clinton in 1994, prohibits commanders from asking about a person's sexual orientation.
"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts," Pace said.
The newspaper said Pace did not address concerns raised by a 2005 government audit that showed some 10,000 troops, including more than 50 specialists in Arabic, have been discharged because of the policy.
With Democrats in charge of Congress, Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., has introduced legislation to reverse the military's ban on openly serving homosexuals.
Gen. Pace calls homosexuality immoral 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site.
"I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way," Pace told the newspaper in a wide-ranging interview.
Pace, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1967 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, said he based his views on his upbringing.
He said he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell policy" in which gay men and women are allowed in the military as long as they keep their sexual orientation private. The policy, signed into law by President Clinton in 1994, prohibits commanders from asking about a person's sexual orientation.
"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts," Pace said.
The newspaper said Pace did not address concerns raised by a 2005 government audit that showed some 10,000 troops, including more than 50 specialists in Arabic, have been discharged because of the policy.
With Democrats in charge of Congress, Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., has introduced legislation to reverse the military's ban on openly serving homosexuals.
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...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Would you be offended if a gay male hit on you relentlessly at a bar? Sorry to answer a question with a quesion.
Not at all. I don't view being hit on by a gay man as any different from being hit on by a woman that I'm not interested in. Other than annoying, it makes no difference to me.
Now - how about my question...?
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
The real adultery? Cause if you are fooling around on your spouse, you are an ass.
I am not an aduterer so I need not worry about what people say.
Of course it's moral for Americans to kill people. They have God on their side afterall. :rolleyes:
For me, the real adultery includes pre-marital sex. So by that definition, are any of us adulterers offended when people say it is immoral?
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Yes - because God condones killing, right? How far into the commandments do you have to get before you see the words "Thou shall not kill"?
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
In a way, yes. If the animals do it, of which I am an animal. I don't need anybody judging my lifestyle and what I want to do with it. How many species are on the planet and we are the only one with supposed rules on when we can engage in sex? Funny stuff that is.
Noah's Ark? didnt he wipe out all the 'evil' people with a flood?
Hmm. Well it sure doesn't offend me.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Doesn't everybody die sometime? In essence you could say God has killed every person whose ever existed if you want to take that logic. The commandments are for humans to follow.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I think this is much ado about nothing...a nice little piece to get the masses talking about something other than the war, pollution, gas prices, and the real things that effect our lives...
Depends what you mean by 'people'. You're the first person I've ever encountered to voice such an opinion.
Highlander doesnt die
Indeed your quite right it is just a diversion tactic from the important things going on.
The economy has polarized to the point where the wealthiest 10% now own 85% of the nation’s wealth. Never before have the bottom 90% been so highly indebted, so dependent on the wealthy.
yup, it was the lead on the morning shows, all of them...
seriously, why is this an issue...? and if you listen to the tape, he was respectful in his way of discussing his beliefs...right or wrong, he simply stated it was "how he was raised"....the didn't call anyone a faggot, like mann coulter...
I'm listening to the radio at work right now...it's the first story on fox news radio...
In the original article, the chairman said that homosexuality is immoral just like adultery is immoral. I view - and I think at least some other people do to - that pre-marital sex is adultery.
Therefore, my point is that adulterers could in theory be just as offended by these comments as homosexuals could. But, you rarely hear adulterers crying out that they are offended, so I was just curious about that.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
As far as it takes me to see U.S dollars with 'In God we trust' printed on them whilst pondering how many people may be being executed in U.S prisons today, and how many Iraqis may be wiped out today.
Well that's a big stretch in logic - if you want to even call it logic. I'm a Christian and an American and I do not believe one bit that God intends for me to kill anyone.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I personally don't believe that the words 'God' and 'logic' belong together in the same sentence.
O.k. Nevermind 'God'. Do you think that if Jesus were around today that he would forgive Homosexuals, or that he would condone people being clinically snuffed out in the U.S prison system?
there can be only one
so why did you use them in the same sentence?
Was that your pick in the "superhero" thread?
Yes - I think he would forgive homosexuals and would not condone the death penalty.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I know its slightly off topic, but what it really says in the Bible is "thou shalt not murder" but in the context of war, killing is allowed.
But, that doesn't mean I support General Pace. Cause I don't.
Because he inserts a disdain for God and religion into every thread we have no matter what the topic.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.