{"id":21604,"date":"2013-02-27T01:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T04:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=21604"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:49:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:49:23","slug":"family-research-council-calls-dod-homosexual-policy-discriminatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/27\/family-research-council-calls-dod-homosexual-policy-discriminatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Research Council Calls DoD Homosexual Policy Discriminatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council has said Secretary Panetta&#8217;s decision to grant specific rights only to\u00a0homosexuals &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2013\/02\/22\/pentagon-push-to-extend-benefits-to-same-sex-couples-stirs-debate\/\">qualif[ies] as discrimination<\/a>:&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think this does qualify as discrimination against opposite sex couples who are essentially in the same position, unmarried by living together,&#8221; said Peter Sprigg, senior fellow at the Family Research Council.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The FoxNews article accurately notes the DoD described this as a perceived &#8220;inequity&#8221;\u00a0in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/articles\/files\/dadtreport.pdf\">same policy<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/01\/dadt-survey-doesn%e2%80%99t-say-what-you-think-it-says%e2%80%a6\/\">assessed DADT repeal implementation<\/a> in 2010:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If&#8230;the Department of Defense creates a new category of unmarried dependent or family member reserved only for same-sex relationships, the Department&#8230;itself would be creating a new inequity &#8212; between unmarried, committed same-sex couples and unmarried, committed opposite-sex couples,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The report goes on to state that the &#8220;new inequity,&#8221; or even the perception of preferential treatment, would stand in stark contrast to the military&#8217;s &#8220;ethic of fair and equal treatment.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report went on to say this was primarily a concern if it was done &#8220;simultaneously with repeal&#8221; &#8212; though it didn&#8217;t say why it would <em>stop <\/em>being unequal treatment if it was implemented some time <em>after <\/em>repeal.<\/p>\n<p>To summarize, consistent with the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/secretary-of-defense-outlines-new-benefits-for-homosexuals\/\">prior discussion<\/a>, a Department of Defense review in 2010 said creating positions &#8220;reserved only for same-sex relationships&#8221; violates the military&#8217;s policies on &#8220;fair and equal treatment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The FRC says that is precisely what the DoD is now doing &#8212; to seemingly no criticism from the public or groups that claim to support &#8220;equal rights.&#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>Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council has said Secretary Panetta&#8217;s decision to grant specific rights only to\u00a0homosexuals &#8220;qualif[ies] as discrimination:&#8221; &#8220;I think this does qualify as discrimination against opposite sex couples who are essentially in the same position, unmarried by living together,&#8221; said Peter Sprigg, senior fellow at the Family Research Council. 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