News Release: Senators Casey and Specter Vote Wrong Way
September 21, 2010 // afaofpa // Homosexual Agenda, Life Issues
News Release
For Immediate Release: September 21, 2010
Contact: Diane Gramley 1.814.271.9078 or 1.814.437.5355
Senators Specter and Casey Still Don’t Get It When it Comes to Homosexuals in the Military and Abortions on Military Bases
(Harrisburg) – The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide traditional values group, noted that today’s failure to get the 60 votes needed for cloture on the Defense Authorization Act should send three clear messages to Senator Harry Reid and other proponents of the offensive amendments that were attached to it. The messages are Senators, and the American people,
1.) do not want homosexuals serving openly in the military,
2.) do not want abortions performed on military bases,
3.) do not want young illegal immigrants rewarded with citizenship if they attend college or enlist in the military (the DREAM Act).
How serious is the revolt against using our military for social experimentation? It was the first time in 48 years no Defense Authorization bill passed before Congress leaves town!
“Unfortunately, the 56 to 43 vote included Pennsylvania’s two Senators – Specter and Casey. These two Senators continue to ignore the voices of their constituents and listen to those of homosexual activists and those pushing abortion. Casey’s votes promoting homosexuality and abortion repeatedly show how far removed he is from his father’s positions,” remarked Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.
Consistently small percentages of people discharged due to homosexuality contradict any claim that national security emergency requirements justify repeal of the law. A Congressional Research Service report issued last October found that discharges due to homosexual conduct, averaged over five years, accounted for only 0.32 percent of all losses. During the 15 years that almost 13,000 ineligible homosexuals were honorably discharged, three times as many servicewomen (39,454) left the service due to pregnancy. In the same period, the armed forces discharged over four times as many people (55,790) due to weight standard violations, and seven times as many (90,302) for drug abuse.
“Homosexual activists’ insistence that they be permitted to serve openly in the US military is just another step in the effort to normalize their lifestyle. This effort totally disregards the real life impact on unit cohesion and military readiness such a move would have. Our fighting men and women should not be used as political pawns, as Casey’s and Specter’s votes would do, to further anyone’s agenda,” Gramley further stated.
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Topics: abortions, DREAM Act, homosexual, illegal immigrants, military
Anyone who follows the antics of homosexual activists knows that deception comes as naturally to them as breathing and thus we take what they tell us with a grain of salt.
Still, it is great to see statistics such as Diane has posted regarding the numbers of armed forces discharges for other reasons such as pregnancy, overweight and drug abuse. Seeing the facts right there in black and white lays bare the bogus bill of goods that homosexual activists attempt to sell the public.
Deception? Wasn’t there a book written long ago built on deception? I think it was called the bible…..Santa clause brought me one when I was little. Dennis – I don’t think that homosexual activists are attempting to sell you anything, or enlist you.
Apparently you have not taken the time to read that gift ‘Santa Claus’ brought you when you were little. But, yes homosexual activists are trying to sell us several things including they are born ‘gay, children raised in ‘same-sex families’ are not adversely affected, they need special protections under the law.