tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post1958783533068993839..comments2023-11-03T05:09:47.246-07:00Comments on Ramblings ~: Censored & DeniedFranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-54691994647918728772009-06-10T01:38:52.182-07:002009-06-10T01:38:52.182-07:00The thing is DK, that soldiers are being kicked ou...The thing is DK, that soldiers are being kicked out of the military as we speak. Most recently a soldier who specialized in Arabic languages, a skill that is desperately needed. <br /><br />This is the worst kind of censorship.... asking people to not be true to themselves, not just not revealing their true identity, but stripping people who have made the commitment to serve, of that career option, and their true self/identity. <br /><br />Obama is the Commander in Chief. He can be proactive about stopping this being public about it. helping this soldier - a Westpoint Grad to keep his position.<br /><br />He's the Civil rights champion... yet he seems to be not keeping his promises of all things "gay" or lgbt...... marriage, DADT..... he seems to kind of shrug & go along with the status quo. <br /><br />Maybe it is better the current configuration of SCOTUS judges do not decide this case.....<br />but what a damned shame for this crude civil rights discrimination to continue. <br /><br />Don't ask, don't tell, don't speak it's not just for Communist China anymore!<br /><br />These items are such core level civil rights.... how long are we as a society going to tolerate it?<br /><br />When the Nazis came for the communists,<br />I remained silent;<br />I was not a communist. <br />Then they locked up the social democrats,<br />I remained silent;<br />I was not a social democrat.<br />Then they came for the trade unionists,<br />I did not protest;<br />I was not a trade unionist.<br />Then they came for the Jews,<br />I did not speak out;<br />I was not a Jew.<br />When they came for me,<br />there was no one left to speak out for me.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3882537619389851611.post-54313914652408842642009-06-09T23:03:22.180-07:002009-06-09T23:03:22.180-07:00hmmmm, can obama "order" it to stop? I ...hmmmm, can obama "order" it to stop? I know he could be doing a lot more to influence military law & custom in this regard, but can he make military law? I honestly don't know. <br /><br />Knowing the current 5-4 rulings on Supreme cases, maybe we should be glad they did not hear the case? If they had ruled in their usual 5-4 morality police fashion, wouldn't it have codified DADT into law that could only be undone by a future supreme court? Again, I don't know, I'm only wondering.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com