{"id":6359,"date":"2008-12-20T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2008-12-20T13:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2008-12-20T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-20T16:40:19","slug":"in-these-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6359","title":{"rendered":"In these times [Jonn]"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have a global war against terror going on, we have severe economic problems, we have enemies trying to create nuclear weapons and point them at us, food prices are rising, fuel prices are unstable, huge American companies are on the edge of bankruptcy, banks have already folded. But what, according to Human RIghts Watch, should Barack Obama be focusing upon?\u00a0 (Washington Times<\/a> link)<\/p>\n

The nation’s largest gay-rights lobbying group is demanding that President-elect Barack Obama eliminate the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy covering military service members and immediately tackle a host of other gay issues to repair the damage they say he has done to his image by choosing conservative Christian preacher Rick Warren to deliver the inauguration invocation.<\/p>\n

The Human Rights Campaign on Friday asked Mr. Obama to adopt the group’s Blueprint for Positive Change, a “concrete plan for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) equality” that calles for fixing tax laws that shortchange domestic partners to making hate crimes illegal.<\/p>\n

“Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans,” wrote Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese in a letter sent to Mr. Obama this week. “By inviting Rick Warren to your inauguration, you have tarnished the view that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans have a place at your table.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The gay rights people are idiots. Who you have sex with is a choice, it’s not a basis upon which you’re able to form an entirely new set of laws. What does Reverend Warren have to do with gays in the military, for Pete’s sake? Last I checked he’s not even a veteran let alone something to use as a bargaining chip.<\/p>\n

I’ve said it before: there is not a huge untapped reservoir of gays just waiting for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to be withdrawn so they can swell the ranks of the armed forces.\u00a0 Neither are there hordes of gays waiting for the church doors to open for their marriage (except to rub most of America’s nose in it). Gay rights activists just want an issue to harangue donors over and a theme for their next parade.<\/p>\n

I have nothing against anyone who keeps their sexual behavior in their homes. But as soon as someone makes their choices public knowledge (whatever those choices are) I they lose my attention and support. This is not a civil rights issue – it’s a public deciency issue. If I made demands on the government based on my sexual proclivities, you’d feel the same way about me – like I said,\u00a0 laws shouldn’t be written just to satisfy people’s choices in life.<\/p>\n

The military isn’t some grand social experiment in which Leftists and their attendent deviants are able to study the behavior of Americans. It’s a tool with which we defend ourselves. It’s like taking your home defense weapon and hanging strings of beads and glitter on it. It might make it more satisfying to own, but can you depend on it to work when you need it? It’s been working fine up until now, so why add stupid crap to it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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