{"id":51123,"date":"2014-06-15T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=51123"},"modified":"2014-06-15T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T13:07:51","slug":"sf-pride-event-bans-national-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=51123","title":{"rendered":"SF Pride event bans National Guard"},"content":{"rendered":"

See, now I’m confused. I was told during the debate about rescinding the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that gays only wanted to serve the country in a military role, that was all the debate was about. So the local CBS station<\/a> in San Francisco reports that the committee for the Gay Pride event in that city has blocked the National Guard from setting up a recruiting booth at the event;<\/p>\n

Last year, the National Guard had a booth at Pride Weekend for the first time \u2013 staffed by gay soldiers \u2013 following the repeal of the Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell policy. The Guard was also welcomed at Pride events in Los Angeles and San Diego.<\/p>\n

The military\u2019s current ban on transgender service members serving openly, minority recruitment tactics, and sexual assault scandals were factors in the board\u2019s decision, Pride Executive Director George Ridgely told LGBT news weekly Bay Area Reporter.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

There were some protests against the National Guard\u2019s presence at last year\u2019s San Francisco event, which also featured the controversy over Army Pvt. Bradley Manning of Wikileaks fame being selected \u2013 then dropped \u2013 as grand marshal of the parade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, I’d point out that the California National Guard had nothing to do with Manning’s conviction for espionage. I know all of those folks in uniform look alike to you people. Secondly, I’d point out that Manning was convicted of espionage. Thirdly, you people complained for years that you couldn’t serve openly and now you’re blocking your own people from access to serving in the military? I’m only looking for some consistency here.<\/p>\n

By the way, Manning has been invited to be the Grand Marshall of the Gay Pride events in San Francisco for two years in a row now. I’m pretty sure that the California National Guard is dodging a bullet by not recruiting from a demographic that wants to honor a traitorous spy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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