Navy Sailors Fight Back Against Homophobia
Yesterday, one of my other admins shared this picture on my page, Politically Preposterous, that was originally posted by the U.S. Navy. As you can see, it’s of a Navy sailor proposing to his boyfriend. The caption on the picture was: “The five things that you need to know about the Department of Defense (DOD)’s plan to extend benefits to same-sex spouses,” and included a link to the Navy’s blog, Navy Live, with the information. I clicked on the picture, which brought me to the U.S. Navy’s official Facebook page and noticed immediately that a lot of the initial comments on the photo (from both service-people and civilians) were homophobic, intolerant, and just plain disgusting.
But, there was a silver lining on the black cloud of bigotry. Both heterosexual and homosexual sailors started to comment back, defending their brothers and sisters in arms, and attempting to shut down those perpetuating homophobia against military members. I will refer to the sailors by their first name and last initial rather than by their full name in order to protect their privacy, but the outpouring of support for gay and lesbian sailors by their brethren was overwhelming...
Lora H.: “I’m ashamed to have served in the Navy with so many hateful sailors like yourselves. If you don’t like “what the Navy has become” then get out. You won’t be missed.”
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Bryan C.: “If you’re retired stay that way. If your active duty, stay flexible and open to change. Our whole career is defined by constant change. These men and women sweat and bleed just like we all do. If you have never been in the military, this service member is much braver than you sitting behind your keyboard.”
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/navy-sailors-fight-back-against-homophobia/
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There are tons more comments too, and they're all AWESOME!
EDIT TO ADD: This is a photo of the event being discussed...
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