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Update: Pentagon Chief Panetta to OK Gays in Military

Pentagon to Okay Open Gays in MilitaryWASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta will certify that gays may serve openly in the armed services. News of his decision comes two weeks after top military leaders agreed that repealing the 17-year-old ban will not hurt military readiness.

The decision is not unexpected. The Pentagon has conducted months of internal studies and training to gauge how troops would react to the change triggered by a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in December.

The Pentagon announcement is expected Friday, and Obama is expected to endorse it.

Repeal of the ban would become effective 60 days after certification, which could open the military to gays by the end of September.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been made public.

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  • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:53pm

    Integration of blacks into the regular military forces had to come by executive order as well. This is nothing unusual. The minority never received equality from the majority willingly. They always had to take it from them, sometimes even by force.

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    • Papalima28
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 1:55pm

      A minority is born the way they are. Homosexuals aren’t, if they are please explain to me how the gene is passed along? There’s no other animal that fornicates with the same sex in the entire animal kingdom. So please explain to me how homosexuality is natural.

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    • chips1
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:29pm

      Bobbit! Cleanup in shower # 5.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:21pm

      Papalima28
      Homosexuality is found in hundreds of other animal species. So yes it is natural. If gays are born that way how does the gene get passed on? If you don’t know what a recessive trait is you should do a little homework before you start talking about science.And it can be passed on from gay people. Medical science can help with that now, but the traditional method is closing your eyes and thinking about something else. After all, even Oscar Wilde had a wife and kids (and sincerely loved them, people are complicated). And you can be born that way even if it’s not genetic in origin. This is called a teratogenic mutation, another thing you should already know about before you start talking about science.

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:36pm

      Sorry. Your ignorance of sexual biology is too profound for me to even attempt to alleviate it.

      Suffice it to say, every statement you made is factually in error.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on July 23, 2011 at 12:55am

      Homosexuality is quite common in the animal kingdom, especially among herding animals. Many animals solve conflicts by practicing same gender sex.

      From the middle of October until next summer the Norwegian Natural History Museum of the University of Oslo will host the first exhibition that focuses on homosexuality in the animal kingdom.

      “One fundamental premise in social debates has been that homosexuality is unnatural. This premise is wrong. Homosexuality is both common and highly essential in the lives of a number of species,” explains Petter Boeckman, who is the academic advisor for the “Against Nature’s Order?” exhibition.

      The most well-known homosexual animal is the dwarf chimpanzee, one of humanity’s closes relatives. The entire species is bisexual. Sex plays an conspicuous role in all their activities and takes the focus away from violence, which is the most typical method of solving conflicts among primates and many other animals…
      Homosexual behaviour has been observed in 1,500 animal species.

      “We’re talking about everything from mammals to crabs and worms. The actual number is of course much higher. Among some animals homosexual behaviour is rare, some having sex with the same gender only a part of their life, while other animals, such as the dwarf chimpanzee, homosexuality is practiced throughout their lives.”

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:49pm

    They have come out of the closet. America will be sorry at least it was a sin we were ashamed of now we are no longer ashamed and our military will suffer for this sin

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:25pm

      All you Mom‘s and Dad’s who are so proud of your son’s, now you can send your “Johnny” to a new and much improved military, without any fear that he will be corrupted or changed.
      Or, maybe it would be like sending him into Sodom. But don’t worry. he will be fine.
      Don’t worry, be happy now.

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  • cookcountypatriot
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:07pm

    heres a thought…2 male marines walking through drawn swords and starting thier new life together…married and sharing quarters together….yeah thats whats gonna happen..and rainbow flags all over camp pendelton…

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  • This_Individual
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:36am

    Being a person who interacts with others based on the content of their character and not where they put things; It doesn’t matter to me. It didn’t while I was in the military & it doesn’t now.

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  • EZDOZIT
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:30am

    The logical choice to run the Pentagon would have been Gen. David Petraeus. Getting gays in the military and cutting our militaries budget by 25%. Gen. Petraeus would not have gone along with this.
    Now you know why Panetta is there.

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    • darkrage000
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:48am

      While i agree that a military person would have been a far more logical choice, even the General wouldnt have a choice in this matter. He is still a soldier required to obey his Commander in Chief, and the law.

      Anyone in the military can tell you that it doesnt matter if you like something, you still have to do it.

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    • darkrage000
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:49am

      besides, its all a shell game in the end to court the votes of the gay population.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:50pm

      Petraeus has publicly supported repeal of DADT.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:59pm

      In fact, Obama initially seemed more reluctant to repeal DADT than most others involved. That’s why it has taken this long. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has long supported repeal, s did former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. see the link below. And — preemptively — don’t bother to point that this article is from the NYT. Mullens‘ and Gates’ statements have been reported in all outlets — even the Military Times.

      http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/us/politics/03military.html

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  • sWampy
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:23am

    Hope straight men leave in droves when their time is up, we can transition to a all gay army and see how well that works out for everyone. It shouldn‘t matter since we haven’t fought a war like we wanted to win it since WWII.

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  • Bua
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:21am

    Panetta is setting up a new elite fighting force name the Rump Rangers.

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  • darkrage000
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:11am

    hmm.. yet antoher someone who is trying to get his 5 minutes of fame after only a month in office.
    It doesnt matter if he endorses it or not. If Congress approves a law, and the president signs it, the Pentagon has NO CHOICE but to comply. it doenst need his endorsement or approval.

    ‘expects the president to endorse it’
    Endorse what, A law that he has already signed? Or endosement of some nobody’s endorsement of him?

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:09pm

      The way the law was written, it would not go into effect on a specific date, but after certifications that the military was ready to comply from the President, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense. So, yes, this is an important step in the process of putting it into effect sooner instead of later.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:17am

    Pentagon Chief Panetta to OK Gays in Military
    That’s a real shocker. He‘s Obama’s boy, think he would do anything else?

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    • let us prey
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:31am

      Gonzo
      What did we expect from a guy who looks like a homosexual muppet.

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  • nysparkie
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:59am

    Of COURSE. H’s from California. His bent in Politics is: He is so bent he worked for CLINTON, Chief of Staff.. Got to stay over and work for O’Bambam. His head so cocked to the left he can see his right ear.

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  • jblovesAmerica
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:54am

    just another Liberal way of destroying America.
    Religion,Constitution, Military are all hurdles for the Left.
    For those who are Anti America-beware.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:46pm

      So the members of the Joint Chiefs, as well as the other high ranking military officials who have stated that DADT should be repealed, are ALL liberal Democrats? Wow — what a narrow world view.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:18pm

      @JBLOVESAMERICA
      “For those who are Anti America-beware.”

      I amsure that Admiral Mullen is terrified. I am also petty sure that despite his reasoned stance on DADT, he is not Anti-America.

      You may love America — or some idealized you have of what America is — but I doubt that you have ever served in the military. If you had, you would know that gays already serve honorably and have throughout American history.

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  • let us prey
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:31am

    Whats next? Will they throw confetti on the enemy? Is the military a suitable platform for experiments in social engineering? Our military has one purpose, for defending our country and our way of life. Any distraction that interferes with this purpose is a threat to our country.

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  • rabblechat
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:56am

    Exactly how will this enhance our military’s war fighting capability?

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    • edcoil
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:09am

      DADT is a law not a policy. It is good to see our military now above the law.

      Someday soon they will overtake the civilian government like other third world countries.

      Mr. P destroys every agency and department he runs.

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    • Lux
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:14am

      *shrugs* It doesn’t. They might as well throw the current M.E.P.S. qualifications right out the window.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:31am

      Okay, you have a “gay” soldier right beside you in combat. He has just contracted HIV and his blood splatters all over you. Now you know that you must take cover to get through this moment, but now you have to wait six months to make sure that you haven’t contracted HIV from the fallen soldiers blood. Just…caualties of war.But you are all in it together.

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    • robert
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:54am

      This will “enhance” our military just like “diversity is our ”strength” did for society in general, which now finds us as no more than a weak, competing nation of squabbling tribes, each one pushing for power for his own group, while refusing to give loyalty or allegience to the country as a whole. In other words, what we have here is a social engineering policy that is strictly political, with the attendant biased studies for back up designed to support a conclusion, rather than finding the truth.

      There are now officers in the military who couldn’t pass a GED test on the high school level, put there to gain “diversity” for political reasons. It was done with the assurance the military overall could “absorb” the negative, incompetent effects of this policy. It will cost lives, but to the leftist brass responsible it’s a small price to pay to enhance their careers with the controlling extreme leftist politicians now in power.

      By the same token, there are people put in technological positions whereby double the training is required for people who never really measure up to requirements to effectively do the work, all for the sake of bowing to the abject diversity god.

      The world is catching up. The weakened US military is positioning itself for a major defeat on the battlefied.

      As the political dreg says to the politician, “If you need one, I can get you a study that will support your opinion no matter what it is.”

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  • Bodysnatcher
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:52am

    Those two man fighting holes (fox holes) are going tp get a whole lot more comfortable now.

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  • Daryn J. Moran
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:09am

    Here’s a title for the article: Update: Pentagon Chief Panetta to overrule God and OK gays in the military.

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    • StonyBurk
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:01am

      I’ve worn a pin of late that declares LEGAL SODOMY Congress approves God Forbid (Isaiah 1:9-10;Romans 9:29) When Americans landed on the Moon The US Army Basic Training cycle I was included in was in the streets an don our duffle-bags to watch. Exclusion was both Policy and Law.
      And we trained to oppose the Soviet and all enemies foreign or domestic by learning and learning from our Founding history.The majority of punishment I received over the next nearly 8 yrs. involved those who lied to the Army about their sexual orientation. When An Unusually Good Liar announced DADT After I was honorably discharged I wrote the man I had helped elect. And Expressed my opinion of the FRAUD The Clinton White House responded by replacing my Christian name with Seig Heil on their vacuous reply. I ceased being a Democrat dupe. With the repeal pushed through by Lame Duckery
      And the quartermaster YES Man for Obummer at the Pentagon and open Sodomy embraced and protected by the Military Chiefs I cannot encourage ANY to consider enlistment or re-up unless they are willing to respond to any Sodomite as if they were an enemy combatant on the battlefield. Because the Military Law can only protect those willing to subvert their unnatural sexual orientation to the written law.Violence is too often the only language that type understands.

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    • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:56pm

      God is not the commander in chief of the United States Armed Forces.

      Stop promoting Obama like that.

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:48am

    What do you expect from a California ******* ?

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    • This_Individual
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:15am

      The best state in this union.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 1:06pm

      What does that mean? Wasn’t Sanctus Ronaldus Magnus (who was really a VERY good president) from California?

      See how it works? We can judge people based on character, not on political affiliation, gender or race. It’s a wonderful thing — a truly American thing.

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  • Shellback
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:03am

    Has the ghost of Les Aspen been revied. Les HATED the military and was on the armed forces comittiee. So we get the same loathing from this dirtbag.

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    • Shellback
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:04am

      I forgot to add, Les was the sole reason so many of our troops got killed in Somalia. The General on the ground wanted heavy armour and Les said “NO”.

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  • quicker
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 6:48am

    In a way I am kinda glad that my boy didn`t go in the service now.This is a sad day for sure.Personly I don`t care what you do in your bedroom,just keep it out of my face.

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  • clayusmcret
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 6:34am

    Mark your calendar and put bright red X’s on July 21 and July 22, 2011. On July 21st, 2011 America started its decline from greatness with its intentional withdrawal from space. On July 22nd, 2011 America’s military will take its first formal step away from having the greatest military in recorded history.

    Mark your calendars. As promised, Obama fundamentally changed America. 21 and 22 July, 2011 – we are literally living in the week America started…..down.

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  • dupaws
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:29am

    Well to DIONYSUS if you are one, what are you upset about? Did you get your little feeling hurt, to bad live with itl
    As for TOMFERRARI, there is only one word they both used, So I say the same to you as I did to DIONYSUS. Now run along and tell teacher some was not nice to you. So typical of your kind.

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  • Daryn J. Moran
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:27am

    I am an Air Force SSgt stationed in Germany with my wife and 2 children. I grew up going to church learning from the Bible that homosexuality, or sodomy, is sin. There are many sins, and we are all sinners. That is why Christ died to save us all.

    The military is kicking me out because I told them homosexuality is sin. I’m glad to leave. They are not here to fight war or protect Americans anymore. Only to be propaganda for the gays and Muslims.

    As a civilian I will hold those responsible for the destruction of our country, beginning with the investigation into a forged birth certificate by the President.

    We need God and we need love, but we don’t need perverted lust and predators of our children.

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    • AmeriWoman
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:56am

      And now you know the reason his sorry [bleep] was placed in that position.
      Screw experience, screw honor and knowledge, screw our country.
      God help us all!

      AW

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    • AmeriWoman
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:57am

      KEY WORDS: The decision is not unexpected.

      AW

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 6:31am

      This is great news. My one fear about the end of don’t ask don’t tell was that the government would regain the ability to draft people once they could no longer get out just by saying they were gay. I’m greatly releived that the kids will be able to avoid this as long as they are willing to claim that they are anti-gay. It may be a little more humiliating than saying you’re gay, but it’s better than getting shot over some politician’s misguided whim.

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    • quicker
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 6:44am

      God bless and thank you for your service.Like that one Texas Ranger said there is no stopping the man that knows he`s in the right.

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    • jdw2469
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:31am

      Unfortunately, perverted lust and predators of our children have more rights nowadays than us “evil” Christians! I believe this is all spelled out in the bible anyways so we shouldn’t be surprised by any of it! Way to stand for what you believe. People really are getting fed up with ALL of the CRAP and it WILL come to a head!!! I pray that enough folks wake up in time to start making some changes (and statements) by the 2012 elections! God Bless

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    • Daryn J. Moran
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:44am

      For Chet:

      Calling sin is not the same as being “anti-person” , or anti-gay, to use your word. Of course, I’m against the acts of homosexuals, as God is. But, I’m also against stealing, lying, disobedience to parents, lust, filthy communication, murder, etc.

      Would you care to call these and other sins also some sort of legal orientation?

      You do not fear God, as the gays. God will not be mocked, and if America does not speak up and quell the sinful uprising, we will be punished, most likely by the Muslims.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:42pm

      “they are not here to fight wars . . . ” Really? Could you explain for us then the hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries that have resulted from combat operations in the last 9+ years? See my post below about a recent trip to Silver Spring (Walter Read). How can you trivialize and dishonor the sacrifice of those who have lose lives, limbs, sight and more fighting these wars?

      I think that your comments probably reveal much about the reason that you are being separated from the service.

      A proud military mom, daughter, granddaughter, sister and aunt.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:45pm

      Daryn J. Moran
      Gay people are like other people in that they need to form relationships and have sex to be happy.I don’t buy all this love the sinner, hate the sin horse manure, because if you really love someone you want them to be happy. If you’re against their happiness, you’re against them, even if you are big-hearted enough to admit that they should still be allowed to exist.

      Finally, though I disagree with you, on reflection I believe that I should apologize for the cavalier toen of my first post. If your dismissal was really just for an opinion stated to your superiors, and you did not say that you would be unable to follow the Air Force’s protocols or work with gay airmen, then I think that it was unjust. If you did say that you couldn’t follow the rules, that would make you a hypocrite, since you stated that you consider lust and filthy communication to be sins, and we both know that you wouldn’t have lasted this long if you weren’t willing to mind your own business and accept that people have a right to commit those sins whether you like it or not.

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  • Hanna
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:19am

    No one in this family will be joining the military with this policy in place. And we are not alone in feeling this way. Watch new enlistments drop, except of course for the gays.

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    • GiGi80
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:27am

      People join the military to serve and protect their country. With two wars and dozens of “hotspots” around the world, deployment is pretty likely. Anyone who enlists deserves our respect and gratitude. I recently spent time in Silver Spring, Maryland, and other guests at the hotel in which I stayed were family members of patients at Walter Reed or service members receiving outpatient services. These men and women suffered horrific wounds — double and triple amputations, blindness and disfigurement. Anyone, anyone, who risks such terrible consequences to defend you deserves your respect.
      The military is not a social club — people do not enlist to find romantic partners.

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    • Hanna
      Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:58pm

      Not when they are gays. They have no business being there. They are an abomination, and the idea of them sharing showers and sleeping arrangements makes me sick. I cannot imagine my son in a situation like that. I would not want to interact with them in any way shape or form.

      I am better than a lot of people. A lot of people think they should serve….on the front lines under heavy fire.

      Seriously, I am just sick and tired of them trying to pass themselves as just normal everyday people, just wanting to live their lives, blah blah blah. It is sick! They are not normal, they are sick and perverted and they are like a cancer on society, doing everything they can to gayize everyone they can.

      Of course in some respects that is better than their old mission, which was to give as many people as possible aids in order to get the political attention necessary to increase aids research etc. I was never so shocked in my life as when I saw that gay guy say that. Unbelieveable. They try to force us to not agree to and accept their fact that gaydom is “normal”, while it is NOT normal at all. They tell our kids not only that it is normal, but it is a cool thing to be/do.

      Bottom line is, it is all about sex and gratification. They are too lazy to court, they are too lazy to do the work necessary to have a relationship with a member of the opposite sex. They are selfish, and self centered, all about me.

      Now blast away….but you know I am right.

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 3:00am

    Im not gay and i believe in live and let live but they need to learn to stop the FLAMING crap. Act normal and get on with being productive citizens so that so that we heteros dont feel the need to hurl while watching those nasty parades they participate in.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 2:44am

    They are already in the military.

    No biggie, I say.

    Don’t touch my junk, and you’ll be A.O.K.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on July 22, 2011 at 2:43am

    reported both posts as inappropriate language.

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