In my view, Christine O'Donnell is a certifiable nutjob. On gay rights, however, she's at least honest and voices her contempt for LGBT Americans - something that's refreshing compared to Barack Obama who says he's for LGBT equality but then throws obstacles in the path of progress. Personally, I prefer a known enemy any day over a back stabbing liar who disingenuously claims to be your ally. Given O'Donnell's lunacy and "ex-gay" ministry past, it's not surprising that her views on DADT repeal are beyond nasty. Think Progress has some highlights of O'Donnell's batshitery in which she - unlike Obama who I think actually agrees with her based on his actions to date - doesn't hide her bigotry and rejection of modern medical and mental health knowledge on sexual orientation. I can't help but wonder how many gay teens hearing this garbage from O'Donnell or Valier Jarrett's "lifestyle choice" statements and coverage of Obama's likely appeal of the DADT ruling may be convinced that it does NOT get better. These people have blood on their hands. Here are highlights of O'Donnell's verbal diarrhea:
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During this evening’s Delaware Senate debate, Christine O’Donnell — who has a spotty record on LGBT rights — repeatedly compared allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military to “adultery” and condemned the recent court decision which banned the military from enforcing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy:
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O’DONNELL: A federal judge recently ruled that we have to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. There are a couple of things we need to say about that. First of all, judges should not be legislating from the bench. Second of all, it’s up to the military to set the policy that the military believes is in the best interest of unit cohesiveness and military readiness. The military already regulates personal behavior in that it doesn’t allow affairs to go on within your chain of command. It does not allow it you are married to have an adulterous affair within the military. So the military already regulates personal behavior because it feels that it is in the best interest of our military readiness. I don’t think that Congress should be forcing a social agenda on to our military. I think we should leave that to the military.
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“People are created in God’s image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It’s an identity disorder,” O’Donnell told the Washington Post four years ago, taking a position that has been universally rejected by science and psychology since the early 1970s.
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During this evening’s Delaware Senate debate, Christine O’Donnell — who has a spotty record on LGBT rights — repeatedly compared allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military to “adultery” and condemned the recent court decision which banned the military from enforcing the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy:
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O’DONNELL: A federal judge recently ruled that we have to overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. There are a couple of things we need to say about that. First of all, judges should not be legislating from the bench. Second of all, it’s up to the military to set the policy that the military believes is in the best interest of unit cohesiveness and military readiness. The military already regulates personal behavior in that it doesn’t allow affairs to go on within your chain of command. It does not allow it you are married to have an adulterous affair within the military. So the military already regulates personal behavior because it feels that it is in the best interest of our military readiness. I don’t think that Congress should be forcing a social agenda on to our military. I think we should leave that to the military.
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“People are created in God’s image. Homosexuality is an identity adopted through societal factors. It’s an identity disorder,” O’Donnell told the Washington Post four years ago, taking a position that has been universally rejected by science and psychology since the early 1970s.
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