Friday, December 17, 2010

Air Force Officer Vows to Violate Orders if DADT Repealed

In yet further proof that the military needs to shed itself of Christian extremists who think they and their beliefs are above the law, a whack job in the Air Force - one Force Lt. Col. Stacy L. Maxey - has publicly vowed via a letter in Stars and Stripes to disregard military regulations if DADT is repealed. Apparently, Maxey only feels good about himself when he can treat others with hate and contempt. His ass needs to be court martialed and he needs to be booted from the military, hopefully with a loss of retirement pay and ideally some jail time uf he carries through on his threat. We hear whining from the far right about Muslims and gays in the military, but in my view, these radical, hate filled Christians pose a huge danger to the military and are clearly NOT living up to their oaths to support and defend the Constitution. This nation is NOT a religious theocracy, even though that's what folks like Maxey want it to be. I'd also question what major psychological problems is Maxey harboring if the thought of gays sends him so far over the edge? Is he another closet case like Robert Knight? Here are highlights from Huffington Post:
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Saying that his "commitment to [his] God supersedes [his] commitment to the DOD," Air Force Lt. Col. Stacy L. Maxey has publicly vowed to violate military regulations and his oath to the U.S. Constitution if DADT is repealed. In a letter published by Stars and Stripes, Lt. Col. Maxey claims that it would be hypocritical that he would "be free to express myself if I'm a homosexual, but not if I'm a Christian." . . .
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Here are highlights from Maxey's letter:
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DOD officials plan to tell servicemembers who have a problem with those living a homosexual lifestyle to "learn to deal with it," but they are prepared to counsel and/or slap Christians with paperwork if someone feels "offended" by our witness? Wearing sexual lifestyle choices on your sleeve is OK, but not your faith?
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Here's the truth: I will continue to witness to who I want, when I want and where I want. My commitment to my God supersedes my commitment to the DOD and, if officials are upset about that, then I guess they can "learn to deal with it."
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The Huffington Post piece continues with this, with which I fully agree:
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Upon being emailed Lt. Col. Maxey's Stars and Stripes letter this morning, MRFF founder and president Mikey Weinstein issued the following statement: "Lt. Col. Stacy L. Maxey is the quintessentially perfect example of a poisonous Poster Child of the vast legion of fundamentalist Christian proselytizing-oppressors operating with unfettered access in today's U.S. armed forces. He and his illegitimate ilk of pernicious spiritual predators must be stopped now and very publicly! Thus, MRFF demands that the United States Air Force immediately and forthwith subject Lt. Col. Maxey to the most severe punishment possible for his disgustingly brazen and incontrovertibly insubordinate screed which is clearly violative of the Uniform Code of Military Justice as well as his sworn oath to the United States Constitution."
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As is always the case with far right Christians. it is ALWAYS about the "rights" superceding the rights of everyone else.

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