Re: Military Service / Conscription & Public Office | | Will Obama seek repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'?
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 1/19/2009
A former evangelical Navy chaplain says there would be serious national security consequences if Barack Obama follows through on his pledge to allow homosexuals to serve in the military.
According to Fox News, last week incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs made a startling pronouncement last week -- the president-elect will allow homosexuals to serve in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy put in place by Bill Clinton. The Obama transition team declined to elaborate on a timetable for repealing the policy, and would not explain which lawmakers or Pentagon officials would attempt to repeal it.
Gordon James Klingenschmitt is a former Naval chaplain who is absolutely opposed to allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. He fears it would negatively affect America's battlefield successes.
"How can we expect God's blessing on our arms when we openly embrace sodomy?" he asks. "[That's] the same sin that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for committing. When we embrace that in our military...[we] will the lose the blessing of God upon our troops and we will lose wars -- it will cost us wars. America will be destroyed if we allow them to be openly embraced by our military."
According to Klingenschmitt it would also introduce a health risk... |