Monday, March 12, 2007

General Pace Calls Homosexuality 'Immoral'

Via the Chicago Tribune:

Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving in the military because homosexual acts "are immoral," akin to a member of the armed forces conducting an adulterous affair with the spouse of another service member.

Responding to a question about a Clinton-era policy that is coming under renewed scrutiny amid fears of future U.S. troop shortages, Pace said the Pentagon should not "condone" immoral behavior by allowing gay soldiers to serve openly. He said his views were based on his personal "upbringing," in which he was taught that certain types of conduct are immoral.

"I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts," Pace said in a wide-ranging discussion with Tribune editors and reporters in Chicago. "I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way.

You want to know what's really "immoral", General?

War is immoral.
Torturing people is immoral.
Hiding detainees in secret prisons is immoral.
Extraordinary renditions are immoral.
Secret military tribunals are immoral.
Indefinite detention is immoral.
Blood for oil is immoral.
Sacrificing more troops in two lost wars is immoral.
Propping up Rumsfeld, as you did for so long, is immoral.
Sexual abuse in the military is immoral.
Housing sick soldiers in filth is immoral.
Sending sick soldiers back into combat is immoral.
Ignoring homeless veterans is immoral.
Taking money from education programs to keep funding the wars is immoral.
Bush is immoral.
Cheney is immoral.
Rove is immoral.
The entire administration is immoral.
The neocons are immoral.
PNAC is immoral.
The Bush Doctrine is immoral.
Putting the costs of these wars on the backs of your grandchildren is immoral.
The reputation of the United States is immoral.
Bullying other countries with military threats is immoral.
The deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are immoral.
The deaths of 3,195 troops in Iraq in an illegal war for oil is immoral.
The displacement of millions of people is immoral.
Rape and murder by US troops is immoral.
Killing civilians is immoral.
The fact that children still live in fear for their lives in Iraq is immoral.

That's what's "immoral", Pace.

Do I need to go on?

Did those things come up in your "upbringing", General? What exactly did you learn about morality? Not much, it appears.
 

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