The Roanoke Slant

Roanoke Times, 3/14/07, Pg 8A: Major liberal-heat on Gen. Pace because he expressed his personal view that homosexuality is immoral as part of a discussion about the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.
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This is a problem? We have serving in a high position of the military a person who has a similar view of homosexuality as does the Catholic Church and many other people.
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Perhaps as a commanding officer responsible for the conduct and discipline of the corps he is very aware of the close and non-private setting that most military service involves. Having ‘sexual ties’ between troops in a combat environment presents conflicts that are clearly not compatible with required life-and-death actions and decisions.
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Perhaps the General views homosexual acts being practiced in the barracks and other close non-private quarters as being not compatible with the standard of conduct and discipline necessary in a military team.
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Perhaps the General doesn’t think it is proper for soldiers in uniform to be holding hands, hugging and kissing in a public forum and participating in gay-pride parade settings.
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It also appears the General doesn’t have the cavalier attitude of one of my Company commanders who observed: “It’s ok to have a few homosexuals in the unit, it helps keep the VD rate down”!
That was of course 20 years before HIV+AIDS.
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