Reply #47: Of course the military is responsible for safety, but absurdity enters the picture

[foxfeet]

when concerns about safety become an excuse for foot-dragging and delaying the full inclusion of a specific segment of the citizenry.

AFAIK, there was no equivalent process when the military admitted the Nisei soldiers during WWII, nor for African Americans, nor Muslims. Obviously Obama can't order anybody to like inclusion of LGBT personnel, but, as CIC, he can order the military to suck it up and accept them. The Uniform Code of Military Justice covers acts of violence against fellow soldiers and, unless there are plans to adopt hate crimes as a part of the UCMJ, the rationale for the survey becomes ever-weaker to the point of meaninglessness.

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