{"id":41073,"date":"2017-06-14T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=41073"},"modified":"2017-06-14T00:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T03:20:03","slug":"lgbt-advocates-make-outstanding-argument-against-their-own-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/14\/lgbt-advocates-make-outstanding-argument-against-their-own-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Advocates Make Outstanding Argument &#8212; Against Their Own Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Navy retired RAdm Michael Smith and Coast Guard retired RAdm Alan Steinman wrote an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/opinion-transgender-policy-delay-would-mean-return-of-dont-ask-dont-tell\">opinion piece<\/a> in the Military Times calling on the DoD not to delay the inclusion of transgenders in the US military.\u00a0 (This appears to be part of an organized\u00a0campaign by homosexual activists to staunch the losses in their influence and their social &#8220;gains&#8221; following the election of President Trump.)<\/p>\n<p>This was their shocking conclusion, in which they provide the <strong>counter<\/strong>argument to their demands [emphasis added]:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When military leaders make decisions on the basis of <strong>evidence<\/strong> and <strong>rational deliberation<\/strong>, sound policy usually follows. But when the military makes decisions on the basis of <strong>discredited arguments<\/strong> that have <strong>no basis in fact<\/strong>, and that serve only to conceal <strong>emotion and politics<\/strong>, the military\u2019s mission is compromised to <strong>serve the narrow agenda of a few<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bravo, Admirals. You just provided a rational basis upon which to reinstate the ban on homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgenders in the US military.<\/p>\n<p>They finished with [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is time to&#8230;treat all LGBT personnel according to the <strong>same standards that apply to everyone else<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It would seem these two retired admirals are yearning for the days &#8212; just a few years ago &#8212; when, for example, any person who had a mental state that deviated from reality was considered unfit for military service. It seems that standard\u00a0no longer applies to those who want to define their own &#8220;sexual reality,&#8221; but it still applies to &#8220;everyone else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is evidence, rational deliberation, fact, and a standard in this world. Would that we were all as forthright as these gentlemen &#8212; even if unintentionally &#8212; and appeal first to this truth, rather than the divisive, emotional, and political appeals that seek to &#8220;serve the narrow agenda of a few&#8221; rather than accomplish the mission or seek the greater good.<\/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>Navy retired RAdm Michael Smith and Coast Guard retired RAdm Alan Steinman wrote an opinion piece in the Military Times calling on the DoD not to delay the inclusion of transgenders in the US military.\u00a0 (This appears to be part of an organized\u00a0campaign by homosexual activists to staunch the losses in their influence and their social &#8220;gains&#8221; following the election [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6277,442,4811,6276,2,1278],"class_list":["post-41073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-alan-steinman","tag-homosexual","tag-lgbt","tag-michael-smith","tag-military","tag-transgender"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41073","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=41073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}