US Navy Names First Ship for Homosexual
Though the idea of a USS Harvey Milk — to be named for a homosexual activist — never left port, a few have already noted the US Navy just decided to name an upcoming ship for a homosexual:
Mabus named the future R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), which will be a Neil Armstrong-class AGOR ship, to honor the memory of Sally Ride, a professor, scientist and an innovator at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego. Ride was the first woman and also the youngest person in space. She later served as director of NASA’s Office of Exploration.
Following her death on 23 July 2012, Ride’s obituary was the first public acknowledgement of her homosexuality when it noted
She is survived by Tam O’Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years…
Her NASA biography now has the same information.
Notably, Ride has accomplishments and credentials that merit the honor:
AGORs are named for nationally recognized leaders in exploration and science.
Astronaut Sally Ride was certainly nationally recognized for her leadership in exploration and science; in fact, that is what she is most known for. Her sexuality is irrelevant — to most people.
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Why don’t you ever use the words “lesbian” or “gay” in your posts?
Why does that matter?
Just curious. There must be some reason why, when a new article uses the word “gay”, JD chooses to change it to “homosexual” in his posts. Even people Albert like Mohler use the word “gay”, and yet JD never, ever does. I’m just asking why.