In a newspaper interview Monday, chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Peter Pace called homosexuality immoral and so fired the first shot in his personal cultural war. (Link) At first this really upset me, but the more I pondered it, the less it bothered me. Why? He can’t seem to win the war in Iraq, so how can he win this one?
I do think it is interesting to hear about morality from a man that doesn’t understand how to take care of his own troops. It would be more cogent for him to discuss the situation at Walter Reed Hospital and the other medical facilities that take care of our veterans. Of course his miserable failure to successfully prosecute the war and his dreadful neglect of the heroes returning from overseas is why he made the remarks on Monday.
Its an old magicians trick, misdirection. 
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1 CharlieJ // Mar 13, 2007 at 5:06 pm
An AOL News poll showed nearly 240,000 votes as of 1:00pm EDT. The margin is two to one in favor of SUPPORT for General Pace’s comments regarding gays in the military.
How do you feel about Pace’s comments?
Agree 65% (more than 156,000)
Disagree 33%
Not sure 3%
Total Votes: 238,800
I applaud General Peter Pace for taking the correct stand on this matter. His comments are right on target. There is NO REASON for him to apologize to anyone. His personal beliefs are his own and NO ONE need apologize for their personal beliefs. While I agree that he should be loving and respectful in his statements and (more importantly) actions, being forced to accept and celebrate the choice of homosexual behavior is NOT something anyone should be confronted with — military or civilian.
These gay advocacy groups need to sit down and shut up! There is NOTHING “outrageous” or “insensitive” in what General Pace said in the interview. I listened to part of his comments. He was soft-spoken and respectful, but also firm in his resolve. Pace answered one question with a very straightforward and truthful answer, “The US Military’s mission fundamentally rests on the trust, confidence, cooperation amongst its members, and the homosexual lifestyle does not comport with that kind of trust and confidence and therefore is not supported within the US military. I’ll leave it at that.”
Homosexuality *is* an immoral act. It is NOT natural, normal or moral. The lifestyle choice is rife with promiscuity, predatorship and infidelity — all matters that point to trust, confidence and cooperation. General Pace should be applauded for standing his ground and speaking the truth.
I, personally, plan to be active in the fight against these homosexual advocacy groups as they seek to villainize General Pace. Here’s hoping you will join the fight as well. It’s high time conservatives (especially Christians) stand up for our beliefs and convictions.
2 Tozerboy // Mar 13, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Well it is a poll, but it is an AOL News Poll, which means it has a the possibility for a huge margin of error. It is not an independent poll that can meet any true testing of validity. Only the people that have read the story on AOL and then are ready and willing to vote count.
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