{"id":35250,"date":"2016-06-07T00:30:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T03:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=35250"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:33:36","slug":"us-army-promotes-virtues-of-homosexual-behavior-over-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/us-army-promotes-virtues-of-homosexual-behavior-over-religious-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Promotes Virtues of Homosexual Behavior over Religious Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the following was officially <strong>promoted<\/strong> by the US Army. The other was <strong>banned<\/strong> by the US Army.<\/p>\n<p>Care to guess which one?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35252\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg.jpg\" alt=\"comparelg\" width=\"1921\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg.jpg 1921w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/comparelg-420x210.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/>The picture of BGen Tammy Smith &#8212; sometimes vaunted <!--more-->as the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/08\/14\/158778052\/tammy-smith-first-openly-gay-u-s-general\">first openly gay US general<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; was posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USarmy\/photos\/a.81109118557.82903.44053938557\/10153845575003558\/?type=3&amp;permPage=1\">US Army&#8217;s official Facebook page<\/a>.\u00a0 By contrast, Fort Riley <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2016\/06\/02\/mikey-weinstein-gets-prayer-breakfast-cancelled-gen-boykin-disinvited\/\">withdrew its invitation<\/a> to LtGen Boykin because the Army wanted to make sure its &#8220;diverse community feels welcome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the Army&#8217;s publication of General Smith&#8217;s picture received a lot of &#8220;likes,&#8221; it also received a torrent of comments. The top comments receiving thousands of &#8220;likes&#8221; were universally appalled:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What ever happened to &#8220;The only color in the Army is green&#8221;?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;..and a straight, Caucasian, male, Chaplain will never be featured by the Army&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Is human sexuality now the business of the Army? The army is suppose to be more interested in defence of the country&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Why bring up your sexuality in relation to your leadership?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And from Steve Zielinski:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How about that poor general who was denied speaking at that military school this past week?<br \/>\nHe was being true to his authentic self: Christian, military, but sorry, you&#8217;re going to offend some petite dainty here so get out!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This, of course, drove one person to repeat a variation of a (likely apocryphal) quote attributed to a Gunnery Sergeant Harry Berres:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I joined the Marines and homosexual behavior was illegal. Then they made it optional. Now it&#8217;s celebrated. I\u2019m getting out before it becomes mandatory.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(The prophetic\u00a0quote actually originated decades ago &#8212; at the <em>creation<\/em> of DADT.\u00a0 The traditional retort has been &#8220;I thought it was always mandatory in the Marines&#8230;&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious freedom<\/strong> is a human liberty that was pivotal to the founding of this Nation and is protected by the US Constitution. Religious freedom was &#8220;noted&#8221; for <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2016\/01\/15\/religious-freedom-day-16-january-2016\/\"><em>one whole day<\/em><\/a> &#8212; and most of the US military didn&#8217;t even know it. Most US military bases didn&#8217;t even make an announcement, much less conduct Religious Freedom Day events of any sort. The President even issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/01\/15\/presidential-proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2016-0\">proclamation<\/a> &#8212; as he is <em>required<\/em> to do by law.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, even <em>in<\/em>decent society used to confine sexual behavior behind closed doors. <strong>Sexual behavior<\/strong> is not a human liberty, and it is not a protected right. Still, the US government is <strong>publicly<\/strong> &#8220;celebrating&#8221; its &#8220;pride&#8221; in those who participate in homosexual behavior &#8212; not just for a <em>day<\/em>, but for an entire <em>month<\/em>. Multiple military bases have &#8220;gay pride&#8221; committees organizing &#8220;gay pride&#8221; events or <strong>inviting homosexual advocates to deliver speeches<\/strong>, all under the official sanction of the DoD. The President even issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/05\/31\/presidential-proclamation-lgbt-pride-month-2016\">proclamation<\/a> &#8212; of his own volition, as it has never been legislated by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The US Army will post a picture of a <strong>homosexual<\/strong> General officer solely because of her <strong>sexual practices<\/strong>, but with society in its current state, hell would probably freeze over before it puts up a picture of a line\u00a0<strong>Christian<\/strong> General officer solely because of his <strong>faith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And part of the Army&#8217;s\u00a0justification for this unequal treatment will be its &#8220;diverse community,&#8221; completely ignoring the fact far more of its &#8220;diverse&#8221; Soldiers are in the <em>latter<\/em> demographic than the <em>former<\/em> &#8212; and <em>they&#8217;d<\/em> like to &#8220;feel welcome,&#8221; too.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at this innocently from the outside, one would almost certainly conclude this public promotion of sex over faith was satire.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sad that its <em>true<\/em>.<\/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>One of the following was officially promoted by the US Army. The other was banned by the US Army. Care to guess which one? 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