[Vision2020] Thought to Ponder

[keely emerinemix]

Lt. Choi, besides being a man with tremendously important skills and qualifications, is a true hero for honoring his oath to fight for our country and for justice.  He is also a man who loves men -- a truth about him that should be utterly irrelevant to anyone but him and his partner.  That this man can no longer serve his country, and do so in a capacity for which we have enormous need, is a disgrace.   

Remaining silent in the face of injustice is, as Choi says below, "an unequivocal moral dereliction."  Unfortunately, it appears to be all the rage everywhere you look these days.  

Thanks, Tom, for sending this out.

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




From: thansen at moscow.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:58:09 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] Thought to Ponder
















“From
the first moment we put on our nation’s uni­form and swore our solemn
oath, we committed our­selves to fight for freedom and justice, to defend
our constitution and put the needs of others before our own. This is not an
oath that I intend to abandon. Doing so at such a time, or remaining silent
when our family and com­munity members are fired or punished for who they
truly are, would be an unequivo­cal moral dereliction that tarnishes the
honor of the uniform and insults the meaning of America.”

 

- Army 1st
Lt. Dan Choi, an Arabic-speaking specialist, upon being
honorably discharged through the “don’t ask,
don’t tell” policy. 

 

Courtesy
of the Army Times

http://www.ArmyTimes.com

 

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1st
Lt. Dan Choi

 

http://tinyurl.com/1LT-Dan-Choi

 

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Pro
patria,

 

Tom
Hansen

Moscow,
Idaho

 

"Patriotism
is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady
dedication of a lifetime." 

 

--
Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

 







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