FRC: New Survey Shows Troops Themselves Don't Want Gays in Military
The Military Times this week released a new survey of active-duty personnel regarding their views on the current law that is supposed to exclude homosexuals from military service.
Although it was a reader survey rather than a scientific poll, supporters of homosexuals in the military may take comfort from the fact that it showed opposition to their position declined from 63 to 51 percent since 2003. However, active support for homosexuals in the military increased only half as much, from 24 to 29.5 percent -- meaning that opponents of this radical social experiment still outnumber proponents in the ranks by 21.5 percent. Those who said they oppose a change in the law "strongly" outnumber those who "strongly" support homosexuals in the military by an even larger margin -- 36.8 to 14.5 percent.
The biggest increase was in those who described themselves as "neutral" or "declined to answer" -- whose numbers have doubled in the last five years. This suggests to me that the pressure of political correctness, and the inevitable vilification of anyone who speaks against the homosexual agenda, is already taking a toll on the willingness of our military personnel to speak out candidly on this subject.
Nevertheless, the poll shows that the idea that homosexuals in the military would be "no big deal" to today's armed forces is nothing but wishful thinking on the part of homosexual activists.
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This suggests to me that the pressure of political correctness, and the inevitable vilification of anyone who speaks against the homosexual agenda , is already taking a toll on the willingness of our military personnel to speak out candidly on this subject.
Baloney!
What suggests is that those are gay and lesbian people still oppressed into hiding their true selves.
The following is a quote from an officer of the Israeli Defense Forces:
"It’s a non-issue," said David Saranga, a former IDF officer and now Israel’s consul for media and public affairs in New York. "There is not a problem with your sexual tendency. You can be a very good officer, a creative one, a brave one and be gay at the same time."
They can do it and the US can't?
I served in the armed forces over a period of many years covering two generations. I can safely say that there is "increased contempt” for the idea of allowing the open admission of, and expression of homosexuality in the armed forces. Most American citizens are against the idea of homosexual marriages and the adoption of children by homosexual couples. Military personnel are a microcosm of that same citizenry and even more conservative in their beliefs. Try to imagin the a formal dress uniform same sex marriage ceremony at the base chapel. I should note too that Admiral Mullen has advanced to the level of ticket puncher for the Administration. Too, the admiral is definitely not representative of the young men and women on the cutting edge of our armed forces. Finally, I couldn’t help but notice that Military Times is a subsidiary of USA Today, a radical supporter and promoter of gay rights. The “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” policy was implemented as a forced compromise, not a “first step” toward the forced acceptance of homosexual expression within the ranks.
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Could it not be said that when racial integration was initiated that the same bit could be said? Is it really the military 's place to dictate policy to the civilian government ?
Also, the number of individuals who are neutral with regard to the question does not indicate that they are under political pressure to say so, any more then the 51% who say they strongly oppose are just going along with what they see as the accepted position held by their peers.