Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Bother

According to estimates from the Census Bureau, somewhere between 2.8 and 3.5 percent of the active military and reserves are members of the GLBT community, or out of 1.5 million active duty, about 75,000-80,000.

Three percent. Now, according to the Gallup polling organization there is no real way to quantify how many people in America are GLBT. I am, and as I always say, 308 million people, 308 million sexualities. However, for classification purposes, let’s go with 10%. Conservatives want that figure to be two-to-three percent, GLBT organizations say as high as 20%, so why not settle on 10%? For argument, I shall.

So, Congress, our president, the military, the media, the world will focus on a right that effects less than three percent of 10 percent of the population of the country. There is no evidence that if and when the ban is repealed that any more GLBT members will join. I go out often and socialize, and I just don’t run upon groups of gays sitting about wanting to join the military, particularly at a time of two wars. Oh, there are some, about three percent, but not many.

So all this hoopla to effect under one million Americans at this time. Really?

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Best Political Halloween Costumes

Put on a bunch of fake blood, carry a cane or crutches, draw on what look like home-made stiches. You’re… the opt out to the public option.

Put a pillow under shirt and carry a bunch of baby dolls. You’re… Abstinence Only.

Wear a suit and glasses. Get a wolf stuffed animal and apply fake blood to it. Carry around the wolf and a baby (keep its eyes shut if possible so it looks asleep). In your free hand carry around a thesaurus. You’re… Sarah Palin

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Obama Gives In To Pressure – Orders 40,000 Gay Troops To Afghanistan

In a move that many are calling a brilliant chess rope-a-dope double-quick back flip of genuius awesome supercalifragilisticexpealidotious manuever political wonderfulness and magical triangulation, today President Barack Obama ordered 40,000 openly gay and lesbian troops into the Afghan War. In a really good speech, President Obama said the move was both a victory for human dignity and for pointless wars we can’t possibly win.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel threw confetti into the air and danced a funny little dance.

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Homophobia: Healing It From The Inside Out

Although religious and governmental institutions can inhibit legal rights, true liberation can be achieved by releasing ourselves from the illusory shackles of the beliefs that our sexual orienation is an affliction. LGBT people are gifted with a unique role to play in the conscious evolution of humanity. When we liberate ourselves from the internalized shame we hold about our sexuality, and reclaim the connection between our sexuality and spirit we can step fully into playing that role. Malidoma Patrice Some, PhD, Author, Elder, Diviner and gay ally speaks frequently about the perception of homosexuality in indigenous cultures.

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Iraq’s New Surge: Gay Killings

Hamid recounted how militia members killed his partner along with three other men, two kidnapped from their Baghdad homes, two slaughtered in the streets. The next day, Hamid said, “they came for me. They came into my house and they saw my mother, and one of them said, ‘Where’s your faggot son?’ My mother called me after they left, in tears. … I can’t go home.”

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