AUDIO: Top U.S. General Calls Homosexuality ‘Immoral,’ Compares To Adultery

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/12/pace-homosexuality-immoral/

AUDIO: Top U.S. General Calls Homosexuality ‘Immoral,’ Compares To Adultery «

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace said today that homosexuality is “immoral” and that he supports Don’t Ask Don’t Tell because “we should not condone immoral acts.” In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Pace also compared homosexuality to adultery, claiming that the military should “not tolerate” homosexuality just as it rejects “military members who sleep with other military members’ wives.”

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Pace’s bigoted remarks expose the flawed foundation of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and show Pace to be in the minority. A Dec. 2006 Zogby poll of U.S. soldiers found that nearly three in four troops (73 percent) say “they are personally comfortable in the presence of gays and lesbians,” and a Harris poll last month showed that 55 percent of Americans “think gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve openly in the military.” At least 24 nations including Israel, Britain and other U.S. allies “let gays serve openly, with none reporting morale or recruitment problems.”

Earlier this year, Pace’s predecessor Gen. John Shalikashvilii announced his support for repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: “I now believe that if gay men and lesbians served openly in the United States military, they would not undermine the efficacy of the armed forces.”

UPDATE: AmericaBlog has more.


Transcript:

PACE: My upbringing is such that I believe that there are certain things, certain types of conduct that are immoral. I believe that military members who sleep with other military members’ wives are immoral in their conduct, and that we should not tolerate that. I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral, and that we should not condone immoral acts. So the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell allows an individual to serve the country, not — that allows individuals to serve their country. If we know about immoral acts, regardless of committed by who or — then we have a responsibility. And I do not believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it’s okay to be immoral in any way, in any way, not just with regards to homosexuality. This is from that standpoint saying that gays should serve openly in the military to me says that we, by policy, would be condoning what I believe is immoral activity. And therefore, as an individual, I would not want that to be my policy, just like I would not want it to be our policy that, if were to find out that so-and-so was sleeping with someone’s wife, that we would just look the other way, which we do not. We prosecute that kind of immoral behavior between members of the Armed Forces.

[purduejake]

1. Heh, this dude is telling US about morals?

He's leading inadequately equipped and now injured soldiers into battle. Enough said.

[Deja Q]

2. Adultry? Ooooh, did he mention Newt Gingrich?

:yoiks:

[msongs]

3. If you don't believe in HIS religion you are immoral nt

[flaliberal]

4. Apparently, the Dutch have gay divisions in their military

When a friend of mine told some Dutch girls she left the Marines, because she's gay. They just thought it was stupid.

"We just have separate gay divisions", they told her.

[msongs]

5. btw, vice president cheney's daughter is IMMORAL as well :-) nt

[lastknowngood]

6. let's get this straight is he accusing 3 of the top GOP candidates of

being homosexuals?

[bullimiami]

7. hes cool with war. torture. firebombing civilians. irradiating an entire country.

oh, but he hates fags.

[OwnedByFerrets]

8. What is more immoral...........

you god damned motherfucker, two people of the same sex who love each other, or killing women and children in an illegal fucking war?:mad: