{"id":21598,"date":"2013-02-28T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=21598"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:49:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:49:12","slug":"homosexual-army-soldier-campaigns-for-marriage-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/28\/homosexual-army-soldier-campaigns-for-marriage-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Homosexual Army Soldier Campaigns for Marriage Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Army Reservist Major Stephen Snyder-Hill made waves when he &#8220;came out&#8221; to the world by asking the Republican Presidential candidates if they would work to &#8220;circumvent the progress&#8221; of the repeal of DADT.\u00a0 His question was booed by some in the audience.\u00a0 Now, Snyder is co-chairing a political &#8220;steering committee&#8221; to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2013\/02\/ap-booed-soldier-ohio-same-sex-marriage-022213\/\">change the status of marriage in Ohio<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Leaders of pro-gay-marriage group FreedomOhio said Friday that Columbus resident Stephen Snyder-Hill will help lead outreach efforts&#8230;FreedomOhio wants to overturn the 2004 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Snyder&#8217;s position is notable because he is constantly referred to as the &#8220;gay soldier&#8221; and by his military rank and branch of service &#8212; while he simultaneously advocates for a political cause.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/articles\/files\/dodd134410.pdf\">DoDD 1344.10<\/a>, which governs the political activities <!--more-->of US troops, generally forbids such actions &#8212; except for inactive reservists out of uniform who do not &#8220;reasonably&#8221; give the appearance of official approval.\u00a0 While none of the articles on Snyder say so, the benefit of the doubt grants that he is not currently active.<\/p>\n<p>The public response is notable, however.\u00a0 A military member publicly joins a political cause in support of a favored form of sexual behavior, and no one says a word in criticism.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, if military Christians make\u00a0benign statements\u00a0regarding their faith\u00a0and homosexuality, Michael Weinstein&#8217;s &#8220;religious freedom&#8221; group demands that the US Air Force Chief of Staff take &#8220;swift and severe corrective action.&#8221;\u00a0 How&#8217;s that for advocating &#8220;religious freedom?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And about that sexual advocacy:\u00a0 The proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomohio.com\/main\/issue.php\">Ohio amendment<\/a> grants special status to <em>two homosexuals<\/em>, but it explicitly <em>adds<\/em> exclusions for\u00a0relatives, multiple marriages, and bigamists:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Marriage shall be a union of two consenting adults not nearer of kin than second cousins, and not having a husband or wife living&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems even homosexual activists have their &#8220;moral&#8221; limits.\u00a0 Interesting, given that those with moral limits differing only in degree are so often labeled &#8220;bigots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Army Reservist Major Stephen Snyder-Hill made waves when he &#8220;came out&#8221; to the world by asking the Republican Presidential candidates if they would work to &#8220;circumvent the progress&#8221; of the repeal of DADT.\u00a0 His question was booed by some in the audience.\u00a0 Now, Snyder is co-chairing a political &#8220;steering committee&#8221; 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