tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post95672383569603495..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-27077154677593767682013-04-08T21:57:25.941-07:002013-04-08T21:57:25.941-07:00My father is the man in this poster. I'll be s...My father is the man in this poster. I'll be sure to pass along this article for him to read, I'm sure he'll find it very interesting. Thanks! :)Sarah Schanz-Bortmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-21437335198530129112012-06-25T18:32:32.765-07:002012-06-25T18:32:32.765-07:00I agree with Michael. You can not separate the is...I agree with Michael. You can not separate the issues of "equality" and "equality in what." To be a soldier is to be a murderer. To be a gay soldier is to be a gay murderer. To fight for the right to participate equally in the US military is to fight for the right to murder in the US military.Lonnie Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12005139443370519288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-77242557020207326652012-06-22T15:13:29.977-07:002012-06-22T15:13:29.977-07:00I disagree about the issue of gays in the US milit...I disagree about the issue of gays in the US military is isolated from the other matters, such as the Pentagon's budget or the two recent wars. If equality is only about gays getting a piece of the military pie, then something is wrong with our concept of equality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-27207928078952318962012-06-21T06:59:25.843-07:002012-06-21T06:59:25.843-07:00Michael,
You are mixing up and treating as one, t...Michael,<br /><br />You are mixing up and treating as one, two entirely different questions: "Should LGBT citizens have the right to serve in the armed forces?" and "What should be the role of the armed forces in our country?".<br /><br />There is a lot wrong with the military industrial complex and the billions of dollars we waste on it. But that has nothing at all to do with the question of queer folk having an equal right, and obligation in case the draft returns, as their hetero brothers and sisters. <br /><br />To use your own words "Generally, what I recall was a narrow focus exclusively on allowing gays to openly serve in the army. Period. End. Of. Story." Yep, and that's all it should be about, the struggle for equality. Other questions need to be asked in their own context. I've spent time in jail myself after being arrested for anti-war actions, but those things have nothing to do with our struggle as LGBT people to be treated equally. <br /><br />Equality means just that. It simply means being treated the same way I would be if I weren't queer. It has nothing to do with whether or not I believe in the death penalty, or a big or small military or which is better, an afternoon listening to show tunes or watching football.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914408552252701366noreply@blogger.com