Hypocrisy and the Armed Services.

My son Tim (Jim is the Nat'l Guard son - Tim is gay) just sent me an email with a clipping from Yahoo News with a little message about hypocrisy. I called him to ask which part of the article offended him the most and he read to me:

The Army is America. We are America's sons and daughters. America's sons and daughters are getting tattoos. That means that American soldiers are getting tattoos," said Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty, an Army spokesman at the
Pentagon.

"The Army is continuing to update our personnel policies. We have people who are otherwise qualified who want to serve and who have answered the call to duty," Hilferty added, and it made no sense to continue to bar them from serving.

So I'm not encouraging anyone, gay or straight, to run right down to the recruiting office but I see his point. What makes him less qualified than his brother. Only his sexual orientation. How can they say that with a straight face and continue with "don't ask, don't tell".

Obviously, they're becoming more desparate. They keep lowering their "standards" and pushing recruitment by any means necessary. As far as I know, Tim has never shown any interest in the military but if he had, he'd be excluded. He's right, they're hypocrites.

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