Conservative group blames military sexual assault on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal

[DonViejo]

FRC president Tony Perkins blames the military's "embrace of homosexuality" for a culture of sexual assault

BY KATIE MCDONOUGH

Family Research Council president, noted homophobe and famous banana brain Tony Perkins is very concerned about the recent Pentagon report on rampant sexual assault in the armed services, and he believes that the only way to reform a military culture that sanctions rape and fails to hold perpetrators accountable is by reinstating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”:

President Obama is finally admitting that sexual assault is a serious problem in the military — but what he hasn’t conceded is that his policy on homosexuality helped create it. According to a new Pentagon survey, most of the victims were not female (12,000 incidents), but male (14,000)–highlighting a growing trend of same-sex assault in our ranks. Although the Defense Department says it “recognizes the challenges male survivors face,” one of the biggest problems is their silence in reporting it. The Washington Times, one of the first to highlight the discrepancy, explains that the Pentagon’s attention is largely focused on the females experiencing abuse “overlooking the far greater numbers of men, who, according to the survey, are being victimized but not reporting it.”

How could this happen? Well, for starters, the Obama administration ordered military leaders to embrace homosexuality — completely dismissing the concerns that it could be a problem to have people attracted to the same sex, living in close quarters. What’s more, explains Marine Capt. Lindsay Rodman, the statistics aren’t reliable and may be hiding thousands more cases of service-based abuse. “The truth is,” she writes in the Wall Street Journal, “that the 26,000 figure [of victims] is such bad math — derived from an unscientific sample set and extrapolated military-wide — that no conclusions can be drawn from it.” Except one, perhaps, which is that groups like FRC were right to be concerned about the overturning of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/conservatives_blame_military_sexual_assault_on_dont_ask_dont_tell_repeal/

[Warpy]

1. They must've enjoyed "Twister" when they were kids

because I can't imagine a normal upbringing making anyone able of such mental contortions.

The truth is that military culture is rape culture and has always been so, the bodies of women always among the spoils.

[Arkana]

2. Why does anyone with a functioning brain listen to this shitheel?

He's so obsessed with homosexuality I wouldn't be surprised if he was a closet case himself.

[tanyev]

3. Tony, homosexuals were living in close quarters in the military long before DADT was implemented.

How about an investigation as to whether the Christian Dominionist infiltration of the military has contributed to an increase in male and female sexual assaults? Hmmm?

[bamacrat]

4. So gay people cause straight people to rape???n/t

[Mz Pip]

5. There were no military sexual assaults before the repeal?

Perkins sure lacks critical thinking skills.
What he's saying makes no sense at all.

[whistler162]

6. Nah.. .It is Harry Truman's fault!

[Counterpoint PA]

7. That's the first I'm hearing of this.

Truly absurd. Leave it to the FRC. Barely one step above West Boro Baptist Church.