{"id":28438,"date":"2014-03-05T01:05:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T04:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=28438"},"modified":"2016-09-26T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:13:36","slug":"cross-dressing-airmen-party-at-kadena-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/cross-dressing-airmen-party-at-kadena-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-Dressing Airmen Party at Kadena (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Stars and Stripes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/gay-lesbian-troops-perform-in-drag-at-kadena-air-base-fundraiser-1.270747\">covered a &#8216;drag fundraiser&#8217;<\/a> held at Kadena Air Base, Japan:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Servicemembers here may have been the first to take to the stage and perform as drag queens on a military installation in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Six servicemembers \u2014 gay, lesbian and straight \u2014 donned heavy makeup to dance and lip sync songs&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(The previous <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/19\/air-force-hosts-offensive-drag-queens\/\">drag show on a military base<\/a> apparently did not include military members.)\u00a0 Navy Lt. Marissa Greene, who helps lead the local chapter of the homosexual advocacy OutServe-SLDN at Kadena, reported she&#8217;d hoped to sell 75 tickets &#8212; and ended up selling 400.<\/p>\n<p>It is a leap to assume that all 400 people were <!--more-->in &#8220;support&#8221; of the OutServe cause &#8212; just as it is a leap to assume that all the <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/nationnow\/2011\/12\/a-public-embrace-between-two-female-sailors-from-california-is-being-hailed-as-the-kiss-heard-round-the-world-by-activists-wh.html\">sailors who voted for a lesbian kiss<\/a> did so for similar &#8220;noble&#8221; reasons. It is notable, however.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, even homosexual advocates &#8212; including the SLDN that the group represents &#8212; acknowledge that cross-dressing could result in official sanction from the military. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sldn.org\/pages\/transgender-service\">OutServe site<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As a practical matter, any \u201ccross-dressing\u201d or perceived \u201ccross-dressing\u201d&#8230;will most likely be considered by the military to be a violation of regulations and result in discipline or criminal prosecution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Consider Cpl Klinger from M*A*S*H.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, servicemembers who, in a much more low-key way than a drag show, express a basic tenet of their religious faith &#8212; that homosexuality is a sin &#8212; are reportedly\u00a0threatened <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/12\/commander-threatens-soldier-for-religious-facebook-post\/\">with reprimand<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/14\/commander-troops-ordered-not-to-have-opinion-on-dadt\/\">denial of enlistment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That generates perceptions about\u00a0what is to be &#8220;celebrated&#8221; and what is to be denounced.\u00a0 How then shall we live?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+1%3A16&amp;version=ESV\">Romans 1:16<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z3eHX3xZGyw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\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>The Stars and Stripes covered a &#8216;drag fundraiser&#8217; held at Kadena Air Base, Japan: Servicemembers here may have been the first to take to the stage and perform as drag queens on a military installation in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops&#8230; Six servicemembers \u2014 gay, lesbian and straight \u2014 donned heavy makeup to dance and lip sync [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4409,442,2967,4654,2,36,3727,17,10,171,1821],"class_list":["post-28438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-drag","tag-homosexual","tag-kadena","tag-marissa-greene","tag-military","tag-navy","tag-outserve","tag-religious-expression","tag-religion","tag-religious-freedom","tag-sldn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}