FUC* THIS SHI* -- I am so sick and tired of reading about this reckless

[cboy4]

disregard for human rights, that my blood is absolutely boiling right now.

Our government has once again placed bigotry ahead of national security.

Someone should be arrested.

Our country is less safe because the god*amn pentagon would rather have fewer people fight the true war on terror than having a bunch of good, decent, talented gays in the military.

And Bill Clinton -- the same Bill Clinton who is my favorite president -- you ARE PLENTY TO BLAME for backing this Don't Ask Don't Tell nonsense.

This has got to stop. It is one of the most outrageous motherfu**ing situations in this country today.

I just can't tell you how much my blood is boiling right now.

This will become my quest.

And I need others to help me. We need to become a "Cindy Sheehan" of this cause.

Throwing talented soldiers in the garbage because they're gay is immoral and it's reckless and it's criminal.

I will be spending this weekend writing and faxing and e-mailing lawmakers, civil rights organizations and media outlets to get the ball rolling on this.

How in the world can we let this stand? I am just beside myself. :grr:
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Army dismisses gay Arabic linguist

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified.

Bleu Copas, 30, told The Associated Press he is gay, but said he was "outed" by a stream of anonymous e-mails to his superiors in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C.

...the GAO also noted that nearly 800 dismissed gay or lesbian service members had critical abilities, including 300 with important language skills. Fifty-five were proficient in Arabic, including Copas, a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in California.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060728/ap_on_re_us/gays_military_4

GAY ='s YOU'RE GARBAGE. WHAT A DESPICABLE CRIME.



EDIT---------DELETE MY PROFANITY, EVEN THOUGH I SHOULD KEEP IT IN BECAUSE I'M THAT MAD.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. This is just wrong no matter how you look at it. They have indeed

placed bigotry above national security.

Some other disturbing facts about this:


"More than 11,000 service members have been dismissed under the policy, including 726 last year - an 11 percent jump from 2004 and the first increase since 2001."

<snip>

"Discharging and replacing them has cost the Pentagon nearly $369 million, according to the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military at the University of California, Santa Barbara."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Gays_Military.html

[xchrom]

2. the problem is that we do not yet have enough

powerful beltway dems who will go to the ground for gay folk.

yet we depend on them for what protections we have.