Comments on: Amos: Gays in military could ‘cost Marines’ lives’

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:21:56 +0000

Ken… we in the military gave up many rights when we signed up, we gave up the right to free speech, the right to be overweight, to grow our hair in any way we want, and many other rights that everyone else enjoys. Now what makes it any different when we say that someone doesn’t have the right to be openly gay? They can have their own desires privately, but to be open about something that is going to ruin the cohesiveness of a unit and therefore its effectiveness is counterproductive. The military has never catered to an individuals personal needs or desires that is what boot camp is all about, so why should they start catering now?

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:23:01 +0000

Phillip..we cant rant about a marine all we want….we respect him for doing his job..but for him and McCain to use disgusting scare tactics like..”I dont want to have to visit a marine who lost his legs because he was upset by a change in policy”..is ludicris. There are also MANY gay servicemembers that dont get respected and have to live a lie and are denied their freedom of speech..and least AMOS gets to state his opinion and not lose his job…his fellow gay marines deserve the same right.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:19:17 +0000

When Truman ordered the integration of blacks into the military..80% of America was opposed..now 75% of Americans and 70% of military say repeal with have a positive or have no negative effect…58% of marines are against repeal but out of those 58%..92% state they think they have served with Gays and had a positive combat unit effectivness…the pentagon report AND The report in 1993 show that this policy is BAD for the military..so why is there ANY reason to deny gays from serving openly??
Oh, I forgot…many people hate gays and want to continue to relegate them to 2nd class citizens…forgot about the power of the SUPER minority!!!!

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:14:34 +0000

oh Michael….you seem to only discrimate against gays….have you ever heard of the “tail hook” scandal…seems like by far the straights in the military are the ones who cannot control themselves..open up some papers and see how many are charged with Rape, date rape etc…and I think by far you will see that the straight soldiers have way more sexual scandals…so should we not allow them into the military????

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:11:04 +0000

Michael…using your poor example of locker room cruising is what your side has come down to..every country ..all 30 of them that have open gays serving..dont have any problems…but all of the sudden..only American will..you cant deny rights to people based on YOUR locker room experience…there is something called freedom of speech in this country..and to force someone to lie about themselves shows nothing but a lack of integrity. There are already 66,0000 estimated gays in the military..and not one of them or those 14,000 discharged were discharges because they were “checking out” someone in the shower…they are professionals there to do a job..and they do it well, they are willing to take a bullet so you have the freedom to write what you wrote on this blog..show them some respect.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:05:46 +0000

This leader of the marine corp. is an embarrasing example of pure homophobia…he should be THANKING his gay marines for risking their lives every day..but oh no…instead..the straight marine is going to be soooo upset that he knows another marine is gay that he is going to step on a land mine and lose his legs…um…crazy…your table for one is now ready!

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:43:26 +0000

I spent 25 years in the Navy “Phillip” and even in those bygone days I lived discreetly and faced little or no harassment. I’m now a civil service employee with the Marines and find them to be the biggest bunch of bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic and semi-literate neanderthals in the military establishment. To
Kommandant Amos and his stormtroopers: follow the order that’s on it’s way or get the HELL out!

By: Micheal Davidson

Micheal Davidson — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:47:25 +0000

I work out at Vida Vitness at Verizon Center. You can’t even get dressed in the locker room without all of the gays cruising you. It is nearly criminal how bold these men are at Vida. It is worse than a stalker or Peeping Tom. Considering that it so bad in the gym locker room, what makes you think that gays will control themselves in military showers? Cruising is an art form in your gay world, not the real world. Gays should not be open in the military.

By: Peter the saint

Peter the saint — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:20:14 +0000

Ha… “straight” marines prefer to have sexual encounters with other “straight” marines, not the “gay” ones. Because then they’re all still “straight”! Again, ha ;) It’s anything non-macho that makes them crazy, and having it discussed openly makes them anxious and nervous… anything non-ultramacho = feminine (to them), and the feminine (feeling, nurturing) is to be shunned and avoided at all costs. They’ve been trained/brainwashed to interpret that as weakness, unfortunately. Too bad for them and too bad for us. Especially when we now ask them to sit down and have tea with the locals in Afghanistan, and TALK to them. Sheeeesh.

By: customartist

customartist — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:31:07 +0000

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