January 21, 2009

SomeTroops Unhappy About Obama Pledge on Gays


Gays in the military what's the problem with that? I am a Christian and my believe is that homosexuality is wrong, but that's me. I either knowingly or unknowingly work, worship, get assisted by, protected, governed or live next to someone is homosexual.

There are plenty of Gays in the military as we speak, some have undoubtedly have saved the lives of their heterosexual counterparts, so I'm not seeing what the problem is. No matter what someone's moral believe on homosexuality is, know this, only God can judge:


Many U.S. troops in Iraq were overjoyed to see President Barack Obama take his oath, but some were unhappy about one thing the Democrat has promised to do: permit gay and lesbian soldiers to serve openly.

Obama said during his campaign he opposed a 1993 law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to work in the U.S. military, widely referred to as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rule.

This month, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs, when asked whether the new administration planned to scrap the law, replied on the president's transition website: "You don't hear politicians give a one-word answer much. But it's 'yes'."

But some of the 140,000 troops still in Iraq almost six years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein appear uneasy about the prospect.

Specialist Joseph Watson, from Texas, was "pretty excited" to......
 

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