{"id":18310,"date":"2012-06-27T02:18:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T05:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=18310"},"modified":"2013-10-30T20:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T23:17:51","slug":"marine-officer-invited-to-white-house-because-he-is-homosexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/27\/marine-officer-invited-to-white-house-because-he-is-homosexual\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Officer Invited to White House Because He is Homosexual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Air Force Academy football team was invited to the White House to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2012\/04\/23\/presenting-commander-chief-trophy-us-air-force-academy-football-team\">receive the Commander in Chief&#8217;s trophy<\/a> for their <strong>victory in the traditional rivalry <\/strong>between the military academy football teams.<\/p>\n<p>US Army SFC Leroy Petry was <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/18\/medal-of-honor-ceremony-marked-by-prayer\/\">invited to the White House<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0be <strong>presented\u00a0the Medal of Honor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to US Marine Capt Matthew Phelps, he\u00a0was apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2012\/06\/ap-pentagon-event-recognize-gay-troops-062612\/\">invited to the White House<\/a> because\u00a0<strong>he&#8217;s homosexual<\/strong>:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the course of a year, Marine Capt. M. Matthew Phelps says he went from being a gay man \u201cin the closet,\u201d afraid of being discharged, to invitee at the White House gay pride reception, drinking champagne with his commander in chief&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I, Capt. Matthew Phelps, was invited to attend this pride reception at the White House,\u201d Phelps said of the June 15 reception hosted by President Obama. \u201cAnd I thought how amazing is it over the course of a year, I could go from being fired for being who I am, to having champagne with the commander in chief&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>With \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d fading into memory, \u201cthe president hosted a reception at his house \u2014 you know, the white one \u2014 and I was invited,\u201d Phelps said Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who knew that to get an invite to meet the President all you had to do was be a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/an-open-celebration-of-lgbt-pride-month-at-the-pentagon-1.181439\">homosexual military man<\/a>?\u00a0 It might also help that the Captain is on the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/outserve.org\/team\/\">leadership council<\/a>&#8221; of the\u00a0homosexual political advocacy group OutServe.<\/p>\n<p>Some have noted that homosexuals who were in the military last year were still\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/military-gay-pride-behavior-once-grounds-for-court-martial-now-celebrated-77219\/\">breaking the law<\/a>.\u00a0 Officially, the Pentagon&#8217;s top legal advisor called that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=116908\">living a lie<\/a>&#8221; and the DoD continues to discuss it as an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=116825\">apparent point of sympathy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Air Force Academy football team was invited to the White House to receive the Commander in Chief&#8217;s trophy for their victory in the traditional rivalry between the military academy football teams. US Army SFC Leroy Petry was invited to the White House\u00a0to\u00a0be presented\u00a0the Medal of Honor. 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