{"id":43107,"date":"2018-04-17T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T03:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=43107"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:01:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T12:01:22","slug":"ashley-broadway-knowing-commanders-are-christians-is-failure-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/17\/ashley-broadway-knowing-commanders-are-christians-is-failure-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Broadway: Knowing Commanders are Christians is Failure of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was surprisingly little media coverage of the wailing and gnashing of teeth from LGBT activists over the decision by the Air Force to reverse the punishment of Col Leland Bohannon<\/a>. Last October Col Bohannon had a superior officer sign a spouse appreciation certificate for a homosexual subordinate, rather than\u00a0affront his religious beliefs\u00a0by signing it himself.\u00a0 The Air Force fired him<\/a> but now admits it was wrong to do so.<\/p>\n

\"\"It seems even the general public thought getting a two-star General to sign the certificate was a fair compromise\u00a0that should have made everybody happy. Showing homosexual activists in a frenzy over this reasonable accommodation might have made them look foolish.<\/p>\n

Enter Ashley Broadway-Mack.<\/p>\n

Now heading the homosexual activist American Military Partner Association, Broadway — a self-described “devout Christian<\/a>” — said the Air Force’s decision to defend Col Bohannon’s constitutionally-protected religious liberty, rather than promote her preferred sexual behavior, was “alarming”<\/a> [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

“This colonel\u2019s action sent a dangerous message<\/strong> to the entire command that he disapproves<\/strong> of every same-sex spouse that supports their service member throughout their military career. That\u2019s a severe failure of leadership.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read that again carefully, and consider the ramifications.<\/p>\n

“This colonel’s action” resulted in a better<\/strong> result for the homosexuals in question — though\u00a0it did bring\u00a0Col Bohannon’s religious beliefs to light.\u00a0 It is these beliefs<\/em>\u00a0which Broadway characterizes as a “disapproval” for\u00a0her preferred lifestyle choice.<\/p>\n

Note that it wasn’t the action<\/strong> or the outcome<\/strong>, but the message<\/strong> of “disapprov[al]”<\/strong> that Broadway said was a “failure of leadership.”<\/p>\n

The problem, of course, is that\u00a0Col Bohannon could have communicated that same message of “disapproval” by walking into\u00a0any church on Sunday morning — including the\u00a0base chapel.<\/p>\n

That message is “I’m a Christian”.<\/p>\n

Any<\/em> Christian in the military could be perceived as “disapproving” of homosexuality merely because they are a Christian<\/strong>.\u00a0 After all, one of the core tenets of Christianity is, to use Broadway’s term, “disapproval” of sin — including sexual sin.<\/p>\n

Is Ashley Broadway really so bigoted as to believe Christians are a de facto<\/em> “severe failure of leadership” merely because of their beliefs?<\/p>\n

Apparently, yes, she is.<\/p>\n

Worse, her declarations that those Christian beliefs are “dangerous” and leadership failures are direct appeals for those beliefs to be sanctioned or prohibited.<\/p>\n

Cite a current\u00a0case of a military commander who mis<\/strong>treats a subordinate because of a conflict of faith and sexuality, and then<\/em> we can have a conversation. But Broadway wasn’t out to right<\/strong> some wrong<\/strong> done against a fellow homosexual. She was out to wrong<\/strong> a right<\/strong> — as was the original service member who filed the complaint the Air Force now says was not valid. It was not a defense;<\/em> it was offense.<\/em><\/p>\n

These homosexual activists\u00a0were not seeking justice; they were seeking vengeance.<\/p>\n

Activists in the homosexual community were actively attacking<\/strong> someone not<\/em> because they were mistreated<\/strong>, but merely because they were offended<\/em> — and they were offended at the idea someone was allowed to “disapprove” of their chosen sexual practices.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the homosexual community feels they can command your approval of their sexual practices.<\/p>\n

Why the frontal assault?<\/p>\n

When a Christian refuses to condone<\/strong> sexual sin, those who revel in that sin are convicted in their conscience. Within themselves, even if subconsciously, they cannot reconcile\u00a0the dissonance of their pricked conscience and their chosen lifestyle (save, regrettably,\u00a0for those whose consciences are seared). For some, rather than choosing introspection or making an effort to address their sin, they would prefer to\u00a0eliminate that which led\u00a0them to feel convicted.<\/p>\n

In other words, their response is eliminate the Christian<\/strong>, because the Christian reminds them of their sin.<\/p>\n

Ashley Broadway’s refrain is not unlike Mikey Weinstein’s — and it’s even come to fruition in at least one example, when a military leader was advised to avoid attending chapel<\/a> so his subordinates didn’t feel “coerced” into doing the same.\u00a0 So the story goes, protecting homosexuals, atheists, or others offended by Christianity is so important<\/em> that Christians must hide their faith so as to avoid causing even the slightest discomfort.\u00a0 The fact that such an organizational\u00a0culture would cause “discomfort and offense” to Christians<\/em> — in direct offense of their protected rights — does not<\/em>\u00a0escape most of these anti-Christian activists.\u00a0 Rather, that’s their intent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Col Bohannon has religious rights, as does every US troop (and every human being). In America, those rights are even specifically protected by the US Constitution.<\/p>\n

By contrast, there is no right — human, American, or otherwise — to require the government or fellow citizens to support, promote, or laud a certain type of sexual behavior.<\/p>\n

Broadway may not like<\/em> that, but that’s just her preference. She can have her personal views, of course, and she is free in America to continue in her sinfulness.\u00a0 She just isn’t entitled to have the government force her views on others.<\/p>\n

Kind of awkward when the shoe is on the other foot, isn’t it, Ashley?<\/p>\n

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