{"id":21211,"date":"2013-01-28T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T04:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=21211"},"modified":"2016-10-23T01:00:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T04:00:06","slug":"military-spouse-of-the-year-devout-christian-homosexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/28\/military-spouse-of-the-year-devout-christian-homosexual\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Spouse of the Year: Devout Christian, Homosexual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ashley Broadway, the homosexual who complained about being denied membership<\/a> in a Fort Bragg spouses’ group, has been named the “spouse of the year” for Fort Bragg in a popular vote called the Spouse of the Year program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the online election held Tuesday, Ashley Broadway captured the Fort Bragg vote \u201cby a country mile,\u201d said Babette Maxwell, founder of Military Spouse magazine and the Military Spouse of the Year award. Ballot totals were not revealed. As one of the 154 base-level winners, Broadway now is eligible to be nominated for Army \u201cspouse of the year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the “spouse of the year program” is a private operation, it is free to designate anyone it chooses (as opposed to Fort Bragg, which cannot recognize Broadway as a “spouse”) .\u00a0 It does not appear to be a military operation — though the website does say the wives of the Joint Chiefs form a panel for final judging.<\/p>\n

The only requirement listed on the group’s site<\/a> is that<\/p>\n

A nominee must be the spouse of a current member of the U.S. Armed Forces…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Otherwise, the process is only a popular vote — with the exception of a final judging panel that reviews<\/p>\n

impact on community change, volunteer efforts, personal sacrifice, professional pursuits, goals, and specific efforts to support the military community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the record, Broadway’s homosexual advocacy group had solicited its members<\/a> to vote for her.\u00a0 Given the relatively little publicity the competition itself received, it is likely even a small organization would be able to influence the polling. Tellingly, even Broadway acknowledges<\/a> she wasn\u2019t selected for the noble reasons expected by the judges:<\/p>\n

A lot of people who voted never me met or talked to me or knew me from Adam. I know it was a statement…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, she was popularly voted \u201cspouse of the year\u201d — by random members and supporters of her own homosexual activist organization whom she didn’t even know — because she is a homosexual. That\u2019s not unlike the motivation behind Broadway\u2019s decision to go after the spouse group \u2014 not to actually be part<\/em> of the group, but to make a point<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Fort Bragg spouse group has reportedly now offered Broadway membership. Consistent with her attitude to date, Broadway says she\u2019ll join not to help others with military issues or benefit from the support of military spouses \u2013 but to set people straight<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I need to educate some of the naysayers that are in that group and show them my family is just like their family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems she might need the \u201ceducation.\u201d Given that she\u2019s apparently going to be the first homosexual in the group, her family isn\u2019t<\/em> like any of theirs.<\/p>\n

For her part, Broadway says she has leaned on her faith<\/a> during the recent kerfuffle:<\/p>\n

I think things happen for a reason. I\u2019m a very devout Christian. I\u2019ve had faith in God this whole time…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is true that things happen for a reason. It is also true that some who might call themselves \u201cdevout Christians\u201d may still sin — no one is perfect, after all (actually, there was that One Guy…). It is notable, though, that someone proudly proclaiming her faith in Jesus Christ is just as proudly proclaiming her unrepentant sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Haven\u2019t you read,\u201d [Jesus] replied, \u201cthat at the beginning the Creator \u2018made them male <\/strong>and female<\/strong>,\u2019 and said, \u2018For this reason a man <\/strong>will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife<\/strong>, and the two will become one flesh\u2019?”
\nMatthew 19:4-5<\/a>, NIV<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also at the Fayetteville Observer<\/a> and Military Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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