I termed it “intellectual fascism”. Fascism: The forcible suppression of opposition.

So, the opinions and views of the people protesting are also to be discounted? Not many count, do they? I mean, outside of yours, of course. The affidavit is public record.

A news outlet that has an established reputation for presenting facts….. hmmmm… maybe CNN. Or MSNBC. Or CBS. Dan Rather always has facts galore.

Or, perhaps you prefer Howard Dean’s sponsorship of a bill in VT in 1999 mandating education for all public school students in “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth”? That is one I will let you look up, as I have a paper copy. Also public record. The “education” included classes on the lifestyles and the sensitivities of “GLBTQ”.

Sponsorship by many middle and high schools in MA of “youth gay pride” days?

Or how about this?

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force sponsors a conference called “Creating Change.” The November meeting in Milwaukee included workshops entitled “Bringing Homosexuality Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom;” “Drag 101: How to Turn Kids in Makeup Into Kings and Queens;” and “Advocacy in Action: Getting Your School on Board”. Guest speaker? Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. Lesbian activist.

Unless, of course, you are going to claim that none of those happened, either.

You asked for one, you got many. Not much of a drawing board required. Though it is likely hardly noticeable in the schools, in between the anti-war (Vietnam and Iraq), anti-gun, global-warming political indoctrination.

Advocacy will be the result in DoD, as it often becomes in the schools. Activists and the risk-averse politically correct senior officers will bring that about.

Equating fascism with openly gay service members is a stretch or more confusion about the issue.

Never said anything about them being forced to give up their beliefs. They are welcome to them. They are welcome to keep them. But, they don’t get to impose them on others. And, I still think, eventually, most will come around.

This part in the tidbit was particularly interesting: “protest what they see as promotion of the homosexual agenda in schools by state and local educators”

The homosexual agenda? Is that some sort of sinister UN-backed plot? Please. What’s next, the evils of flouridation a la Dr. Strangelove?

The only thing more interesting than that is the…byline. CNSN news.com? Really?

Next time, please try harder for a news outlest with an established reputation for presenting facts, not just outrage headlines/soundbites.

Now, back to the drawing board you go…

And your idea that people will “just have to stay outraged” until they are forced to give up their beliefs is, well, more than a little fascist.

‘MONTPELIER, Vt. (BP)–A group of Vermont parents met at the State
Capitol in Montpelier Tuesday to protest what they see as promotion of the homosexual agenda in schools by state and local educators, according to CNSNews.com

Tuesday’s protest was sparked in part by an incident at a local school where a student said he was exposed to “homosexual harassment” in the classroom.

In a study of genealogy, a teacher said that homosexuality was
inherited, putting forward a controversial thesis that has never been proven. When the student questioned the teacher, the teacher asked the student if he was “homophobic” or “had problems with his sexuality,” the student said in an affidavit. The teacher is a facilitator with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.’

You mean, like that?

The military (more the Army) may have had its own culture 70 and + years ago (regular army, not national guard…) — when the force was much smaller, the bases were far apart & isolated, the pay was so low that commissaries and other on-post facilities were the only way to survive economically. The Navy normally always located near commercial seaports, and due to worldwide travel, had a more cosmopolitan flavor.

After WWII, that insularity has eroded so much, that it really isn’t there anymore.

On other blogs (this one?) when talking about the all-volunteer force vs. draft, etc. I think one of the problems with the AVF is you do get almost “too much” similarity, which leads to group think, which is why I think CDR S’s constant probs with diversity on his blog are misguided.

The military has practically every flavor of American in it, with the few exceptions. (Immediately the few exceptions that come to mind are the very elderly, or those who can’t meet a minimum physical qualification stanard, etc.)

URR — you really are confusing equality with advocacy. Unless you have something firm (pehaps a townhall.com headline, “Massachusetts and Vermont children forced into mandatory reeducation camps against their parent’s wishes”?) I am unaware of the states doing anything more than recognzing relationship equality. If that is advocacy to you…well, ok.

I guess the folks who are morally outraged…are just going to stay outraged. For a while. Likely, over time, they’ll come around.