Pelosi: ‘We Don’t Need Moral Judgment From The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/13/pelosi-pace-homosexuality/

Pelosi: ‘We Don’t Need Moral Judgment From The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs’

At a press conference today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) responded to yesterday’s remarks by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace calling homosexuality “immoral” and comparing it to adultery.

“We need the most talented people, we need the language skills, we need patriotic Americans who exist across the board in our population,” Pelosi said, calling on the military to “carefully consider” reversing the ban on gay service members. “We don’t need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.” Watch it at link:

Senior aides to Pace said today that he “won’t apologize for calling homosexuality immoral” despite calls by advocacy groups.

Transcript:

PELOSI: I was disappointed in the moral judgment that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs made this morning, or whenever it was, reported this morning, and I was more interested in the statement made by Gen. Shalikashvilii, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, when he said that, “If America is ready for a military policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation, the timing of the change should be carefully considered.” I think the military should carefully consider changing the policy. We need the most talented people, we need the language skills, we need patriotic Americans who exist across the board in our population. We don’t need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

[Double T]

1. It is HUGELY immoral to start and conduct a war under false pretenses

[babylonsister]

2. Thou shalt not kill, thou shall not lie, thou shalt not... Lots of immoral

stuff goin' on; funny Pace doesn't recognize what a hypocrite he is.

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Uh-oh!!! John Warner just submitted a statement per MSNBC

that he disagrees with Pace. :popcorn:

[babylonsister]

4. YES! This does make me wonder if we're witnessing yet another

smokescreen to distract, though Pace is WAY out of line.

[msongs]

5. dick cheney's daughter is immoral! guess she won't be a marine anytime soon nt

[northzax]

6. nothing like an army that values ideological purity

over warfighting skills. those armies ALWAYS win.

right?

[JohnnyLib2]

7. I think Pace's statement stated opinion has dreadful implications;

too many to ignore.

--the asskissers below him will follow his lead
--the top dog's spoken and unspoken orders and decisions will filter down, down, down to the lowest ranks
--any complaints about harassment, etc., will be slowed on the way up
--the ugliest homophobic undercurrents will continue to flourish

[partylessinOhio]

8. Pelosi is squeaking again when she should be roaring!

:yoiks:

[soleft]

9. so gay soldiers would be talented and have great language skills

Nancy.....come on.

[ieoeja]

10. She is referring to the firing of Arabic translators by DOD.

DOD complained about not having enough Arabic translators after they fired a bunch of Arabic translators for being gay.

[Forrest Greene]

11. How Does The General Feel About

...the morality of organized mass murder for profit?