The dismal failure by the congressional “super committee” to deal with the nation’s debt crisis leaves the Department of Defense facing automatic $55-billion-a-year spending cuts from 2013 through 2021. This is in addition to defense cuts of near-equal size already planned across the same decade. President Obama promised before Thanksgiving to veto any attempt to […]
Military clergy should not fear ministering gays
March 15, 2011
Freedom New Mexico Jesus dined with prostitutes and far, far worse sinners. He even dined with tax collectors, perhaps the worst sinners of all. Jesus loved sinners, representing to them the power of God’s love for humanity. He was truth and he had no fear of sin. He knew that love always conquered hate and […]
Free speech also allows for hate speech
March 3, 2011
Freedom New Mexico Free speech and the First Amendment prevailed Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the First Amendment protects even vile and hateful speech directed at gays, warriors and Catholics. It’s a sad-but-essential victory for anyone who believes that freedom requires legal protection of radical and outrageous ideas. Westboro Baptist Church […]
Mullen ready to repeal gay policy
December 7, 2010
The long-awaited study on gays in the military serving openly not only takes the pulse of the force on the issue — concluding change can occur with little risk to readiness — but also details how it will work in practice. Will service members with same-sex partners qualify for the higher “with dependents” housing allowance […]
Ex-Cannon NCO challenging half-pay for discharged gays
November 13, 2010
The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the government on behalf of a gay former Air Force sergeant denied full separation pay after he was forced out under the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Former Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Collins says he only wants what is given to […]
U.S. policies on military gays outdated
February 9, 2010
Freedom New Mexico It will be argued — it has been argued — that allowing homosexual people to serve openly in the military would inevitably undermine morale and unit cohesion. The essence of the argument, as expressed recently by military historian and Vietnam veteran Mackubin Owens, is that military success requires tight nonsexual bonding, and […]
May 25, 2008 Letters to the Editor
May 24, 2008
Gays also part of our community Regarding Friday’s CNJ report on the Clovis High School yearbook staff including gays in its couples feature section: Why are so many people upset over the pictures of gay people in the yearbook?
May 25, 2008 Letters to the Editor
May 24, 2008
Gays also part of our community Regarding Friday’s CNJ report on the Clovis High School yearbook staff including gays in its couples feature section: Why are so many people upset over the pictures of gay people in the yearbook?
Spate of anti-gay laws reveals inhumanity
May 3, 2005
By Leonard Pitts: Syndicated Columnist Gay Holocaust? That was the subject line of an e-mail I received last week from “Chris,” a lawyer in a red state. He wanted to know if anybody else sees a similarity between the beginning of the Holocaust — the nibbling away of rights and personhood that ultimately led to […]
