General Pace On Sex Relations - Angry Letters About America’s Newest “Divider”
The military commander of America’s armed forces declared last week that homosexuality was immoral. I wrote about ,it questioning the wisdom of Joint Chiefs Chair Peter Pace to make an announcement, which , in effect, was a shot at gay members of the armed forces. I stand by my contention that General Pace diminished his role as a leader when he made those public comments. He should get together with nasty Ann Coulter and they can form a mutual hate association.
This country has no room for bigots at the top.
For those of you who feel that he is entitled to his opinion, I offer this answer: He can say anything he wants, but when he uses his uniform pulpit to issue such a small-minded declaration, he is out of line, as they used to say in basic training.
In our society, you can define marriage. You have a right to dislike anyone for their point of view. But it is dangerous to brand a segment of our society as immoral, especially when your own defense department has been immoral in its exaggerated claims (early on) of great success in Iraq. At least, in the military truth-telling department, General Pace is candid and honest, a departure from Generals Casey and Franks, who bamboozled us for years.
No one cares about the sexuality of the men and women fighting the hard war in Iraq. Returning coffins are not separated by sexual preference.
I’m sure those of us who have traditional marriages and relationships are not looked at as “immoral” or unusual, by those with same sex partners. Who are we to judge? Furthermore, who is General Peter Pace to judge what is moral and what is not?
Please keep the comments coming. They are disturbing. inspirational, and sometimes brilliant. They reflect our society as a whole.
To General Pace: Keep working hard, but be careful of who you call immoral, especially in a town like Washington.
Larry,
You are right on.
Military Personel are implimenters of current policy, not policy makers. I read a statistic yesterday that the number of Gays that are released from the military has actually been cut in half (from 1200 to 600) because we need every man and woman we can get.
The people are not immoral, they are patriots
Thanks Bradley-
Interesting manpower stats.
It’s obvious Larry you never spent any time aboard a US warship.. the racks we sleep in are physically inches apart.. No, I refuse to share that small space with someone who most probably reeks of many, many STD”s..
The thing about his statement is that he is NOT calling for other he has defined as immoral (those having sex outside of marriage, cheating spouses,etc.) to be automatically expelled from the military when discovered. By calling all of these acts immoral (and in fact equating homosexual behavior with cheating on a spouse) but only calling for automaticall expelling homosexuals he shows that he is biased and IMO is basing his statements on prejudice NOT moral belief.
That’s a new amd interesting point.
Jack: I was in the military, not on a warship, and I would guess that hygiene could be a problem, whether people are gay or straight. I wonder what the figures are for STD’s in the military versus civilian population. I understand your concern, but I still don’t buy a man in his position telling us what his version of morality is/