Dreher's post on the military and the mess it has become.
My answer...
No. There is a difference between tolerance and compulsion. It is one
thing to say we might tolerate homosexuals in the ranks provided they
keep their personal affairs to themselves. Some might well argue against even that. (And for the record I never
cared for the barracks room talk/boasting by my heterosexual shipmates
either.) But it is altogether another thing to demand not just tolerance of
someone's private life, but actual affirmation of it. The last straw
for me was the decision to permit, and demand affirmation of
transgenderism in the military. The armed forces are not the place for
people with personality disorders to sort out their issues. And the
demand that people affirm lifestyle choices that are flatly incompatible
with Christian morality and faith is unacceptable. If I were still in
and only one more hitch from retirement I'm not sure what I'd do. But I
can't in good conscience encourage anyone to enlist under the current
conditions.
I suggest that they do their recruiting in the Castro district of San Francisco.
Don't Ask Don't Tell has become Never Shut Up.
ReplyDeleteWhich dilutes his second point: that the military has "lost the Republican vote." The military has become infested with net consumers who see the service as another government paycheck ("The Big Green Welfare Machine"). Ask special forces, infantry who they're voting for. I guarantee you it's not President Pantsuit or Goofball Johnson.
Military favors Trump 2:1
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