My rant of the day, and I guarantee all of my Republican friends are going to blow me up for this.
We need to get over this gay and transgender in the military issue and issue in general. If they want to serve and can pass all of the training required, why shouldn't they be able to serve?
In Israel, the IDF, Mossad and Shin Bet have accepted gay, lesbian and transgender for years and they are regarded as one of the most bad a$$ militaries and special operators in the world.
We as a party need to get past this social issue. Most gay and lesbian Americans are conservative but vote Democrat because of how the Republican Party treats them. Does it really affect your life so much if you see two men together or two women together? If it does then your the one with issues.
If two people want to be happy together then so be it. Be happy for them, life's to short to be negative. Don't give me the bible excuse, because if that is really the case they will be supposedly be going to hell not you, so get over it.
I end this with part of a famous document written on July 4th 1776. Maybe you have heard of it?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence as written by
Thomas Jefferson.
My problem with your "rant" is there should be no "qualifiers" at all. This is the whole Obama "Identity politics" of dividing everyone into groups like white/black, rich/poor, gay/straight and on and on to create more division and such create more political power/unrest.
I think our country is more divided now then anytime in modern history.
Why should a gay or transgender even "notify" the military of what sexual preference they are unless to receive "special treatment" which divides everyone even more.
All men and woman should be able to serve regardless of any "preferences" as long as they can pass the requirements.
umm, Obama 'politics' is responsible for reversing the division by lifting bans on gay and transgender and passing equal marriage laws
Obama isn't responsible for "passing equal marriage laws"....same sex marriage was made legal in all 50 states through litigation in courts. By the appeal process it reached the SCOTUS and the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States.
It was a Supreme Court ruling, not a law, that made same sex marriage legal.
well, if one can claim he is responsible for division with nothing to back up the claim
I just provide the counterargument with examples
cant claim its courts reversing decisions but not courts making them
either courts were responsible for the division, and now the unifying,, or they weren't
So your thinking is if someone says something that is OPINION based that you think is wrong it makes sense for you to counter it with something that is DEFINETLY wrong?
Got it.
lol
no,if someone posts an opinion without anything to back it up that I feel is 'wrong'
when I counter with what I feel is 'right', I attempt to back it up with Reason and evidence of why I feel that way
my thinking is opinions backed by some substance and proof, are stronger than those that are just opinion
You said Obama politics was responsible for "passing equal marriage laws"....there is NO SUCH LAW.....there is NO SUBSTANCE or PROOF in making a blatantly FALSE statement.
Keep spinning.....I know it makes you feel good.
nah, it just tickles me sometimes reading the pedantic comebacks of those really believing their own nonsense
I used a phrase that you used, ,just as loosely
'Obama politics' is responsible , as you put it,
for the reversal of legislation not recognizing same sex marriage
and the repeal of legislation not allowing homosexuals to openly serve
all better? :laugh
I DIDN'T say Obama was responsible for anything, I was saying that YOU incorrectly said he was responsible for something.
He wasn't responsible for the SCOTUS ruling, it was private citizens who brought the case before the court, not the federal government.
He agreed with the Court, but it doesn't make him responsible for the ruling.
As for homosexuals openly serving, that wasn't a legislative issue, it was a policy issue. There was no legislation that was repealed, there was a reversal of the Clinton policy of "Don't ask. don't tell". You should know that since in order to repeal legislation there has to be congressional passage which would be blocked by those "evil" Republicans.
oh come now,, don't be shy
'This is the whole Obama "Identity politics" of dividing everyone into groups like white/black, rich/poor, gay/straight and on and on to create more division and such create more political power/unrest.
I think our country is more divided now then anytime in modern history. '
its IMPLIED that OBama has direct effect on 'dividing' everyone
and he had to sign legislation for repealing DADT
point still being,, if one is going to place OBAMA politics in their accusations about divisiveness,,,, they are implying that OBAMA has responsibility,,,,,, so if they are challenged regarding that opinion,, they should put up or shut up,,,lol
divisiveness, and the LGBT issues being the topic here,,, whoever holds the power , holds the power,, and if one claims it is the courts who hold the power,, it is the courts who had the power over the increase and decrease of 'divisiveness'
Obama is one of the most divisive Presidents we have ever had.
yeah,, and Nixon was one of the most honest presidents, and Einstein was one of the dumbest people ever, oh and hitler was one of the most compassionate figures,,,,,,,lol
empty statements,, everyone is entitled,,,
Edited by
msharmony
on Thu 06/30/16 05:28 AM
Personally, I've observed relationships that would be condemned as sick, distructive, & dysfunctunctional irregardless of their "politically correct" heterosexual label. "Do as thou wilt; Harm none."
