{"id":25567,"date":"2013-11-19T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=25567"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:23:15","slug":"ltgen-mixon-dadt-repeal-opened-the-floodgates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/19\/ltgen-mixon-dadt-repeal-opened-the-floodgates\/","title":{"rendered":"LtGen Mixon: DADT Repeal Opened the Floodgates"},"content":{"rendered":"

LtGen Benjamin Mixon, now retired, was sanctioned by the Department of Defense<\/a> when he publicly encouraged US military members to contact their congressmen<\/a> if they opposed the repeal of the policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”<\/p>\n

In a late summer interview by the Billy Graham Evangelical Association<\/a> for a longer article, Gen Mixon stood by his original comments and indicated DADT repeal would “open the floodgates” [emphasis added]:\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not something I wanted to do, but I felt morally obligated<\/strong> as a soldier, as a Christian and as a senior officer<\/strong> to at least speak out,\u201d Mixon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt that once that threshold was crossed, it would simply open the floodgates for other things…which I think is playing out right now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

General Mixon and others like him have expressed concern that while society still has some<\/em>\u00a0limits, as recent events even in the military indicate<\/a>,\u00a0how long those standards hold — and the basis<\/em> upon which they are upheld\u00a0— remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

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