General Peter Pace's Comments To the Chicago Tribune Should Have Sparked Other Questions of the Joint Chief Which Would Qualify Other "Immorality" Besides Intimate Relations (see story)
So what would the General find the morality quotient on the following...
Moral or Immoral? A commander of the armed forces publicly declaring the "immorality" of an estimated 65,000 men and woman who are risking their lives in the service of their, his and our country. Many of whom may be or have been deployed in this current war.
Moral or immoral? An existing policy (Don't Ask, Don't Tell) which would dare to demand that those 65,000 men and women who would potentially give their lives to protect American Freedoms which include and may be considered by many Americans to be the greatest freedom--the right to free speech--that they NOT be allowed to talk about themselves, who they are, whom they love, if they are in a relationship, or the nature of the one that would need to be informed if that military person was killed in the line of duty to service to his or her country?
Moral or immoral? To segregate and demean by virtue of this "Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy," to segregate and demean by virtue of offering "your opinion," to segregate or demean by virtue of declaring non-truths such as "homosexuals in the ranks would demoralize the unit, etc. etc." in order to cover up the real reasons... to segregate the 65,000 men and women who would potentially give their lives in service of this country and to demean, demonize, shame these 65,000 men and women, the gays and lesbians who have served and died for this country and ALL LGBT American Citizens ?????!!!!!!
Moral or immoral? To use and demonize a group of fellow American citizens and fellow human beings in order to further your own personal, social or political agenda?
Moral or immoral? To require a law abiding, tax paying minority to fight with time, money and lives in order to be recognized as equals in a country which boasts of a Democracy and Freedoms which are the "envy" of all nations?
Moral or immoral? The War in Iraq in which General Pace has direct involvement and nearly two thirds of Americans polled view unfavorably?
How about some answers General?
Tom Lang, Director