{"id":42696,"date":"2018-01-23T00:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T03:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=42696"},"modified":"2018-01-23T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:55:57","slug":"media-announces-totally-normal-west-point-gay-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/23\/media-announces-totally-normal-west-point-gay-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Announces Totally Normal West Point Gay Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cries by the homosexual movement that\u00a0their behavior\u00a0is normal, mainstreamed,\u00a0and commonly accepted\u00a0are constantly undermined by the unsettling and undue attention paid to homosexuality &#8212; like the press coverage of the &#8220;marriage&#8221; that occurred between two male US Army Soldiers at West Point earlier this month. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/army\/same-sex-active-duty-couple-marries-at-west-point-1.507841\">reported by the Associated Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two Army captains who met at West Point returned there to be married, in what is believed to be the first same-sex marriage of active-duty personnel at the storied New York military academy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the two, Capt Vincent Franchino, is cited in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/19\/fashion\/weddings\/two-active-duty-soldiers-marry-in-same-sex-wedding-at-west-point.html\">New York Times version<\/a> of the article indicating his belief that violating military policies\u00a0by lying is\u00a0&#8220;better&#8221; than <!--more-->&#8220;get[ting] kicked out of the Army.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Captain Franchino said that <strong>lying was much better than the alternative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t tell the truth for fear of what would happen to us,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we put it in our minds that we were never going to say we were gay, we were never going to get made fun of, and <strong>we were certainly never going to get kicked out of the Army<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pretty sure that&#8217;s not how &#8220;integrity&#8221; works.<\/p>\n<p>In what some might consider an act of chutzpah, the Stars and Stripes article includes a photograph of the two kissing &#8212; in front of one of the chapel&#8217;s Christian crosses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Peter replied, \u201cRepent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts%202:38\">Acts 2:38<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\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>Cries by the homosexual movement that\u00a0their behavior\u00a0is normal, mainstreamed,\u00a0and commonly accepted\u00a0are constantly undermined by the unsettling and undue attention paid to homosexuality &#8212; like the press coverage of the &#8220;marriage&#8221; that occurred between two male US Army Soldiers at West Point earlier this month. 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