The Navy is riding high these days. My congrats to Seal Team Six for taking out OBL. In my opinion, his death is long overdue. I heard the Seal who fired the kill shot is a married man. Interesting that the Navy would announce such a thing. Why would that matter to the general public? Who cares if the shooter was married, single, black, white, purple, green or (gasp) rainbow colored!
It leads me to wonder if they were prepping us for the next big announcement. On May 9, 2011, Stars & Stripes published an article entitled Navy says chaplains could soon perform same-sex unions. Could this be the Navy's way of telling us the "married" Seal is gay and to reward him for his heroism they were timing the release of this announcement as a show of support? Stranger things have happened, right?
Unfortunately, for gays in the military who, for just a moment had a shred of hope, this didn't last very long. Just this morning I woke to a ticker announcement on Good Morning America stating the Navy had reversed it's position on this decision. That didn't last very long, did it?
Why the sudden change of heart? It's clearly explained in this article, Navy Plan to allow same-sex marriage on bases draws opposition. The article states that after the plan to allow marriages on base was announced it drew criticisms "from dozens of members of Congress". So of course, the Navy bowed to political pressure and back peddled so fast we didn't even have time to spread the good news that same sex marriages were going to be allowed on base in the first place.
What a crying shame. Here the Navy had the opportunity to lead the way...again. They brag in the news about taking out OBL. They deserve props for that. They brag in the news that "sensitivity training" is progressing towards the certification of the repeal of DADT. They brag in the news they will soon begin to allow same-sex marriages on base. The policy was published in April and released a few days ago. Why did they wait so long? You have to wonder about that. The timing is certainly suspicious, don't you think? Just as quickly as it was announced, the policy was rescinded due to pressure from Congress.
What the hell, Rear Admiral Tidd? DADT has been repealed. You took a major step forward in announcing that same-sex marriages would be allowed on base. What a coward you turned out to be.
Until the next time, my friends.....
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