Judge: Let lesbians into military so male GIs can turn them straight

liah

Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/judge-lesbians-military-turn-straight/

The conservative news site The Daily Caller has removed part of an article that suggested lesbians be allowed into the US military so that their male colleagues can "convert" them.

Critics say the article went as far as to suggest corrective rape for lesbians.

"Lesbians should be allowed to serve, gay men should not," declared Joe Rehyansky in an article published Monday. Rehyansky, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, is a part-time magistrate in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and a former assistant district attorney.

In the original article, Rehyansky concluded that his lesbians-only policy "would get the distaff part of our homosexual population off our collective ‘Broke Back,’ thus giving straight male GIs a fair shot at converting lesbians and bringing them into the mainstream."

That alarmed some LGBT activists, who note that much of the article before that comment argued that men are rapists by nature. Rehyansky's argument that gay men should continue to be banned from the military was based on this notion:

houldn’t the overwhelmingly straight warriors who answer their county’s call be spared the indignity of showering with other men who achieve lascivious enjoyment from the sight of those lithe naked bodies, and who may be tempted to seek more than the view? They are, after all, guys.
In the early evolutionary years of the human species, Rehyansky argued, "It fell to men to swing through the trees and scour the caves in search of as many women as possible to subdue and impregnate — a tough job but someone had to do it."

Writing at TBD.com, Amanda Hess reads between the lines of Rehyansky's article: "Once all the lesbians are easily accessible in one place, an army of straight dudes will turn them all straight, presumably through that time-tested tactic of subduing and impregnating women against their will."

Hess reports that The Daily Caller briefly dropped the article when it began to gain attention, only to put it back online but without the "converting lesbians" comment. The comment has since been republished at other Web sites.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Rehyansky's specialties are "sending criminals to prison" and "astute political analysis."

The Daily Caller was launched earlier this year by Tucker Carlson, formerly of CNN and MSNBC and now a Fox News contributor, and Neil Patel, a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney.

Obviously no progress in opening the minds of the military yet. What a depressing article :mad:

Do you ever think there will come a time when the LGBT community will be welcome on their own terms in the military without having to hide behind "don't ask, don't tell?"

Mental attitudes, these people should have no influence at all.

Aoifums

:eek::mad:
Fooking hell!!!!

Links234

Jesus that is a horrible disgusting thing to say! makes me sick! :mad:

rainbow kirby

The mind just boggles.

Links234

I wonder how he'd respond if someone suggested he be raped to turn him homosexual, which would be an absolutely horrendous thing and I'm not advocating it, but if the shoe was on the other foot, you bet he wouldn't like the suggestion one bit.

Chuchoter

Lovely -_-

Quentinkrisp

What.the.****.:eek::mad:

Killer_banana

I feel sick

ninty9er

To be sickened by it would mean he has gotten his point across, to be amused by his detachment from reality gives me much more satisfaction.

liah

It may be amusing if it was some random idiot with no power.

The man's a judge and actually has some level of power in society, that's what makes it sickening.

electrobi

...much of the article before that comment argued that men are rapists by nature.


So by this logic men will be raping lesbians in the military.

People. are. dumb.

SparkyTech

Only in America!

Aard

"... lithe naked bodies ..."


Um.

Coeurdepirate

I don't care what anyone says, I don't think I've ever rofled so hard!
Sure you may as well through all gay men into a fashion... building. I'm sure that all of the female influence will 'convert' them!

Jinxi

wow, Disgusting

this is insulting to lesbians, gay men and men in general.

"lithe naked bodies"...Joe doth protest a bit too much me thinks;)

A good argument for IQ test for the armed forces in the States

cgcsb

When I saw the title of this thread, I clicked on it assuming that it'd be some obscure backwater nation like Uganda or something. It really is bizzar to see a first world country (granted with a very high rate of poverty) deal with third world issues. Could you imagine a judge saying that in Ireland? Infact wouldn't he have to have a degree to become a judge?

SugarHigh

If gay men aren't allowed in the military on the basis that men are rapists by nature then isn't letting straight women in just setting them up for rape. As far as I know women in the US military are far more likely to be raped than a civ but I don't remember the stats it was just a report on RussiaToday.

Bottle_of_Smoke

"It fell to men to swing through the trees and scour the caves in search of as many women as possible to subdue and impregnate — a tough job but someone had to do it."

****ing hell. If ever proof was needed a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

PeterIanStaker

Backward illiterate rednecks. Appalling stuff.



Another American judge ruled the US Military's "Don't ask don't tell" policy as unconsitiutional recently:


http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/10/local/la-me-0910-gays-military-20100910

L.Jenkins

The US military could learn a thing or two from us Irish. I may have mentioned this before, but with the decriminialisation of homosexuality in '92 it is against the law to discriminate against such persons. The military has a whole document which I won't relay, but states (just like Irish law states) that it is against good order and conduct to harass, bully and/or discriminate on the basis of age, gender, marital status, nationality, membership of the travelling community, disability and sexual orientation, etc. Possibly soon to be gender expression.

So the US needs to get a clue on this whole situation. Their political system, much like our own is driving me nuts.