Log Cabin Republicans have long advocated that one’s sexual orientation should not be grounds for discrimination or dismissal in the workplace. As conservatives, we believe in the meritocracy of one’s labor. Good behavior and excellent performance come with reward and encouragement. Bad behavior and poor performance come with punishment and corrective measures. To justify misbehavior in the workplace because of minority status is detrimental to the morale and performance of others. For Manning’s legal counsel at Fort Meade, Md., to suggest that his orientation and/or gender identity be part of a defense or excuse for misbehavior is as unacceptable as the use of a “gay panic” defense by a murderer.
Friday, December 23, 2011
It's WAR: Log Cabin Republicans Rip Bradley Manning's Lawyers for Using the Gay Card!
Cooper, Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, takes Wikileaks soldier Bradley Manning's lawyers to task in the Stars & Stripes military newspaper:
If
he’s guilty, Manning not only violated security protocol and the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, he violated the trust of his
colleagues, the Army and his countrymen. Now that he prepares to stand
trial, he has shown himself to be willing to sacrifice honorable gay and
lesbian servicemembers to avoid responsibility. Lawyers for Manning are
claiming that his struggle with his sexual orientation contributed to
emotional problems that should have precluded him from working in a
classified environment. This shameful defense is an offense to the tens
of thousands of gay servicemembers who served honorably under “don’t
ask, don’t tell.” We all served under the same law, with the same
challenges and struggles. We did not commit treason because of it.
Log Cabin Republicans have long advocated that one’s sexual orientation should not be grounds for discrimination or dismissal in the workplace. As conservatives, we believe in the meritocracy of one’s labor. Good behavior and excellent performance come with reward and encouragement. Bad behavior and poor performance come with punishment and corrective measures. To justify misbehavior in the workplace because of minority status is detrimental to the morale and performance of others. For Manning’s legal counsel at Fort Meade, Md., to suggest that his orientation and/or gender identity be part of a defense or excuse for misbehavior is as unacceptable as the use of a “gay panic” defense by a murderer.
Log Cabin Republicans have long advocated that one’s sexual orientation should not be grounds for discrimination or dismissal in the workplace. As conservatives, we believe in the meritocracy of one’s labor. Good behavior and excellent performance come with reward and encouragement. Bad behavior and poor performance come with punishment and corrective measures. To justify misbehavior in the workplace because of minority status is detrimental to the morale and performance of others. For Manning’s legal counsel at Fort Meade, Md., to suggest that his orientation and/or gender identity be part of a defense or excuse for misbehavior is as unacceptable as the use of a “gay panic” defense by a murderer.
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As a blogger and would be activist myself, I'm opposed to political special interest groups like the Log Cabin Republicans; They're like ex-gays, people who have made themselves amenable to a religious or political process for money.
ReplyDeleteBut you have to know something has truly gone wrong in this LGBT world of ours when two people of opposite ends of the social and political spectrum can agree the Bradley Manning defense strategy sucks beyond belief.
That's very true Nelson. It's almost as if Manning's defense team doesn't even care. I would say they're phoning it in, but using a phone requires EFFORT. Something Manning's team truly isn't expending.
ReplyDeleteAnd if Bradley is transgender instead of gay, then this whole "Bradley is too crazy to be found guilty" angle is doubly disturbing. It just plays into that age old crap that trans people are nothing but nutjobs. We certainly don't need that encased as a defense line.