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Thread Title said:Most Marines against lifting DADT
Article said:both have told Congress that they think most Marines would be...
You seem to have omitted a couple of words from your thread title. An honest mistake I'm sure...
I pray rational minds will finally prevail............
I don't have a link but I heard the Commadant of the MC said the 90 to 95 percent of all Marines are against lifting the ban.........
Except your sources make clear he is guessing....
fortunately for us, the Military Times does a poll:
The 2008 Military Times Poll asked a new question that produced jaw-dropping results: “If the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy is overturned and gays are allowed to serve openly, how would you respond?” The article emphasized that 71% of respondents said they would continue to serve. But almost 10% said “I would not re-enlist or extend my service,” and 14% said “I would consider not re-enlisting or extending my service.” Only 6% expressed “No Opinion.” Before voting to repeal the law, Section 654, Title 10, members of Congress, and President-elect Barack Obama, ought to do the math...
I think that if they can handle being shot at, they can handle some gay guy in their unit, but hey, that's just me.
The incoming Marine commandant, Gen. James Amos, and his predecessor, Gen. James Conway, both have told Congress that they think most Marines would be uncomfortable with the change and that the current policy works.
This is important news, since the military is in control of civilians, not the other way around.
Cpwill, it's not a current poll, and as the linked article provided by CriticalThought shows, the claim that this will somehow ruin retention is faulty.
This is important news, since the military is in control of civilians, not the other way around.
I wonder why the incoming Marine commandant thinks that most of his subordinates are such bigots that their prejudices will overcome their professionalism and their training.
One doesn't have to be a Bigot to be uncomfortable
and the use of the term "Bigot" by Gays in response to all those even mildly disagreeing with them is indicitive of fuiture problems no matter how this question is resolved.
that seems to be a left wing mantra: diversity in everything except thought.
Let's compose a Bar Graph in our heads.
First Line is those who Openly say they are Gay and who vehemently disagree with any and all criticism of the Gay agenda.
Second Line are those seemingly Progressive who are All for the Gay Agenda, but who are presumably Straight.
Third Line is those who are truthfully not Gay but are genuinly tolerant , but don't want radical change in the society
Fourth Line are those Openly hostile to all things even remotely Gay.
Which line is longer in Real Life(??)
Which Line contains the most Liars (??)
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