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From RaceWire:

Besides Afghanistan and Iraq, there is no other military policy that raises as much controversy as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT.)

Yesterday Robert M. Gates, the defense secretary, and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a panel of Senators that they supported President Obama’s proposal to repeal the 1993 Clinton era law forbidding gay men and women to be open about their sexuality while serving in uniform.

This story has made headline news across the world. But what we haven’t heard is, who’s really being affected by this?

From The Task Force study, Black same-sex households in the United States: A report from the 2000 Census:

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has been used to kick Black women out of the military at a much higher rate than other groups. In fact, Black women are discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” at three times the rate that they serve in the military. Although Black women make up less than one percent of servicemembers, they comprise 3.3% of those discharged under the policy.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/drkchokolate_10/ drkchokolate_10

    Who cares they need to stop all that puzzy eating anyway. Just a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah(don’t know if that is spelled right). It really is a damn shame that people think this is okay with God and then claim in the same breath that they are saved. But the main reason they think it is okay is because they are not shown in the scripture where God allowed them ample opportunity to change from this wicked practice and they wouldn’t he killed everybody in those towns. God’s natural law is reproduction, and two women or two men can’t reproduce. That’s why God calls it an abomination(which means he hates it)Everybody wants to take sex as this big game of getting your freak on and not it’s original purpose. I know some of you nasty jokers that practice this will come on here after me talking about how much you love it. You better be trying to get your damn life together and stop all this damn wickedness.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Just like any other struggle or fight for rights, there will be discord and opposition faced…Anyone who is Lesbian or Gay must have been well prepared for the ‘backdraft’ of wanting to serve openly. I am not a bleeding heart so therefore they need to roll with them punches, accept the consequence of their decision and do what is neccessary to gain that respect they feel they deserve as service members.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Trouble4You/ Trouble4You

    Yeah well they give the ponks a hard time in life.. so i say good show that the dikes get to feel discrimination..they always did have a pass..to p***y and in life..they are just as ponk-o-licious as the next fag walking..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    Well now it won’t affect them because they law has been revoked~ But if they want to be left alone than know who to and who not to share ya business with.

    Ya’ll asses are other there to perfom a job not dry hump on one another~ So what’s the problem?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MAINTAIN_FOCUS8202/ MAINTAIN_FOCUS8202

    I think it is the best policy for the military because it is not alot of straight people (self included) who are willing to serve and it is a damn shame that some of yall can not see that despite them being continuosly discriminated and treated like s**t by this country they are still willing to serve and die for it. Some of you commentors ought to be ashamed of your hate towards them. I am a child of God but by no means do I hate the GLBTQ community nor do I feel the need to discriminate against them. Some real bogus comments (Ugghhh!!!)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GODDESS_1989/ GODDESS_1989

    Trouble 4 You its funny how you say that lesbians need go be discriminated against when we get discriminated against everyday of OUR Lives

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GODDESS_1989/ GODDESS_1989

    Trouble 4 You This is Us Lesbians Don’t Have A Pass Through P***y Or Life We Gotta Struggle Like Everybody Else And For The P***y Part Its Not That Easy For Us To Get We Gotta Show The Girl That’s Not All We Want And That We Do Want A Real Real Relationship. . And For Drk Chokolate Being A Lesbian Is Not All Eating P***y So Talk What Ya Know And We Its A Sin Being Gay But Who Are You To Judge Your Not GOD!!!! And This Is Also Trouble 4 You Your A Transgender so your part of our community so welcome to it and best believe you get discriminated against to so yea!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soldier200x/ soldier200x

    dikes still need dick….. in life ne way.. no matter how much they say they dont want it.. why u think they mainly buy strap ons lol
    ne way

    its wrong to be to gay bibicaly and morally i am sorry…
    i think gays should stay in the closet or secret…. i dont want to know if ur a homo sweetz…..
    keep the DADT and lets roll on………
    out………….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    So. . .there’s lots of black dykes in the military, eh?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zeru25/ Zeru25

    There are alot of homosexual women in the black community because the system is geared for the black male to fail at manhood. And the system also pours hate into women threw music like beyounce’s and a host of alot of artist that make black women hate their man. The black man in turns pretty much gives up and falls into the pattern of nothingness and doesnt have the role model to pull him up out of his rut. The black woman in turns decides to take on both roles. Some black women that have a good man dont want to relinquish the role of black man. So then you have that pit of anger that feeds the spirit of homosexuality in women. For our black women anger creates a gateway to this path of being. Instead of healing each other. Both are pushed towards the individualism of each gender and disrespect to the point the other wont have anything to do with each other. Then the ever consuming pit is created. And you end up with hurt lost black men and women. At some point we got to stop hating each other and stop hating ourselves.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_Fine_Artist/ 1_Fine_Artist

    I’m straight but ANYTHING that is being used as a tool to disproportionately attack my Black women is something I have a problem with.
    Who they are having sex with is nobody’s business but between them and their partner.
    Pitting Black hetero vs black gay, dark vs light, wealthy vs poor, educated vs illiterate, plain vs models, Baptist vs evrybody else, etc. is part of the divide and conquer tactic that worked so well against us since Willie Lynch times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_Fine_Artist/ 1_Fine_Artist

    @ Zeru25 AMEN!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheBIgBlackNewsBlog/ TheBIgBlackNewsBlog

    “There are alot of homosexual women in the black community because the system is geared for the black male to fail at manhood. And the system also pours hate into women threw music like beyounce’s and a host of alot of artist that make black women hate their man.”

    There is no way to reason with this kind of madness! I hope you don’t have any children, and if you do, please give them up for adoption!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    WOW, “Zeru-25/The BigBlackNews-Blog,” you guy’s are shooting missiles! During my 3 year of active army (1978-1981) then 11 years of army reserve (1981-1992) DON’T ASK? DON’T TELL? Back in the day during enlistment signing procedure, there was a clause in 1 of the contracts which ask via checking a box IF? One is Homosexual or NOT? My hand checked the Box NO but all they had to do was LOOK at me, hear me talk, see me walk THE TRUTH(S) WAS RIGHT DAMMED SMACK IN THEIR FACES! The deal was IF one is caught engaging in the ACT? THEN one has VIOLATED their Contract by purgery, then after, would be discharged for less than honorable conditions! I say as long as ONE can conduct themselves in the appropriate manner like I did a/k/a ACT UP A STORM, there should NOT be a problem outside of the NOSY folk’s who live to FIND out OTHER’S business etc. As far as Female(s) perceived to be GAY based on it being an act, to cause Black Men to Fail at Man Hood! Honey don’t get it twisted, there is a difference LIKE night & day between a MALE & A M-A-N!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    TheBIgBlackNewsBlog, ““There are alot of homosexual women in the black community because the system is geared for the black male to fail at manhood. And the system also pours hate into women threw music like beyounce’s and a host of alot of artist that make black women hate their man.”

    There is no way to reason with this kind of madness! I hope you don’t have any children, and if you do, please give them up for adoption!”

    LMAO..Spoken like a champ!

    Zeru25, My goodness! You really fell kinda far off the mark with this analogy or reasoning for black female homosexuality. The intelligent black woman can not be ‘made’ to hate a black man…Key word..INTELLIGENT. So if Beyonce and the likes of her and other artists that are out TODAY are making women hate men…Then what is your reasoning for that 56 and 52 year old black female couple that were recently married in I think it was Massachusetts? I could be wrong about the state, but point being…They had been together for 31 years…Correct me if im wrong but there was no Beyonce 31 years ago. The lesbian couples that are in the ‘older’ age range I would say are lesbians because that is what they honestly feel. The ‘new’, younger ‘models’..eh, I think they are in a phase because the LGBT community has been glorified and they see it as a way to stand out, its the ‘in’ thing now. And if there is a ‘pit of anger’ that feeds homosexuality in black women, then damn, there would be A LOT more of us in the lesbian community. You took a small stencil here and tried to make it a broad stroke.

    Now what I dont get, and this is quite off subject, is lesbian women who dont talk to men, cant stand them, dont ever want to be with a man, and yet they try their best to dress, behave, look, walk and talk like MEN. I always thought lesbian/gay meant that you wanted to be the polar opposite of the other gender..why do both sides try so hard to be like the one they have no interest in?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/german_cutie_13/ german_cutie_13

    90% of the comments on here are a damn shame. Just cuz the Bible says that being gay is wrong does not mean it is. Has any of you ever talked to God personally about this? I doubt it. I doubt that God has a problem with people who are not straight because last time I checked he loves everyone, dont matter if you are Black, White, Jewish, Gay, Straight. This kinda ish really pisses me off. Fact is, the law should stay up because if gay people in the US military openly admit they love someone of the same gender they will be discriminated and punished because in the US it is still a crime being gay obviously, especially in the Black community.

    MaintainFocus, it is good to see there are people on Blackplanet who actually got some brains.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ruone2day/ ruone2day

    Why are there so many Gay Black Women? It just seems so not right. It’s like a unnatural wedge between Men and Women. Well the truth be told if a person is trying to live by the Bible then being gay is wrong. Following the Bible and believing in God has nothing to do with personal preference. It is about accepting what God has laid down as his law. It is about what God has set as the criteria. It’s not just the Bible. It’s also the Koran. Homosexually is a choice. It is not Biological. The whole Biological argument is one that is being pushed by those who are pro homosexuality. Black women shouldn’t be in the Military Forces anyway. They should be here in America protecting our children. Gay or Straight I don’t believe that our women need to be put in harm’s way. There is not a lack of men in the nation that we need to use our women our cannon fodder.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/single_409/ single_409

    I think anyone who wants to serve in the military should be able to if they qualify. Everyone should keep their personal lives private. Just as sure as I don’t want to hear a straight man say how many women he has been with, I don’t want to hear a homosexual say who they had been with.
    I feel that homosexuals are made, not born. I think most of them have suffered some type of abuse and that being with someone of the same sex is somehow safer at least unconsciously. I wish a study could be done on this. I’m sure some may have been curious and enjoyed it but I think someone warped them at some point in their lives. It’s wrong yes but I don’t feel that most had a choice in the matter. And they certainly weren’t born that way.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CARAMEL_CURLY/ CARAMEL_CURLY

    I DONT THINK IT WOULD.JUST INADVERTENTLY AFFECT BLACK WOMEN.. NOT MORE THAN THE MILITARY BEING ALL MALE! WHO WOULD THEY TELL ..EACH OTHER? lol..JUST USING BLACK WOMEN AS A SCAPE GOAT ONCE AGAIN..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CARAMEL_CURLY/ CARAMEL_CURLY

    I DONT THINK IT WOULD.JUST INADVERTENTLY AFFECT BLACK WOMEN..

    NOT MORE THAN THE MILITARY BEING ALL MALE!OBVIOUSLY ITS WHAT THEY WANT..TO MAKE IT POLICY ..FOR AN ALL MALE MILITARY OR ENFORCE DADT POLICY!

    IF IT WERENT FOR THE WOMEN IN THE MILITARY

    WHO WOULD THEY TELL THEN.. ..EACH OTHER?

    lol..JUST USING BLACK WOMEN AS A SCAPE GOAT ONCE AGAIN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    “There are alot of homosexual women in the black community because the system is geared for the black male to fail at manhood. And the system also pours hate into women threw music like beyounce’s and a host of alot of artist that make black women hate their man. The black man in turns pretty much gives up and falls into the pattern of nothingness and doesnt have the role model to pull him up out of his rut. The black woman in turns decides to take on both roles.”

    Poetry in Motion…STANDING OVATION @ Zeru25

    The Community is flowing with females that are dikes or “diking it” and the system is designed for the Male counterpart 2 become affected beyond the reproach of the Lesbianism but also by the Household….how many females do I know that have 1 or more children and shares the Household with a female?? many of you can answer this….I kno PLENTY and the bottom Lip being pierced and the Left Eye are Lesbian TradeMarks….we are talkin bout a minority of Black females CaliFemme he assuredly addressed the Majority…this shlt is rampant within our Community nonetheless and THIS IS AN ISSUE fuk U mean!! The homosexual agenda is resounded within these households NO MAN JUST 2 WOMEN what happens when the child notices the sexual/affection betweenxt the 2??? CONFUSION HAS RUN AMUCK!! noone can scream FOUL…..our communities are DISPROPORTIONATELY DISADVANTAGED by YOUNG HOMOSEXUALS like never before!!! and both genders are affected no Family Structure and American lifestyle prevail within our Culture…..why do you think Middle East and so many other people DESPISE what this Nation has 2 offer……..OPEN YOUR MUTHAFUKIN MIND, CLOSE YOUR MOUTH, CHEW THE MEAT & NOT THE FAT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    MR_NANASTROKER,

    I agree with you 100%. But how does a black woman address the FACT that male homosexuality is also running rampant? No no no, im not pointing fingers, I think both gay males and lesbian females are a ‘breakdown’ in the black community. Thing is, black people dont stand for anything anymore, they just fall for whatever is going on at the moment. They have NO free thought or will these days. Its a shame that possibly being the ONE person going against the grain or the ‘outsider’ is looked down upon. I know people who are SURPRISED by the fact that I have never been in a relationship with a woman, dated outside my race and they are shocked because im not a weed smoker! Our ancestors who LIVED by going against societies ‘rules’ would be appauled at the SHEEP that run around today.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shaeb1/ shaeb1

    THAT NOT GOOD BECAUSE SOME WOMEN GO IN AND RAPE AND THEY SAY DON’T ASK DOM’T TELL,OR THEY ARE KICKED OUT OF THE SERVICE IT NOT JUST BLACK,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doing_me74/ doing_me74

    I wonder how true this article is because at the end of the day lets not play the victim in this crap here this my last time looking at issues of race no more black man an women crap for me I’m going on a journey of people forget race.I’m just venting this out good luck to everybody on helping your own race because for me I’m helping myself an being above race.I thorugh with all this color shyt an tired of it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Butterfly9481/ Butterfly9481

    1_Fine_Artists-You are right on the money. “They” will use anything to separate us. They will let a few of a certain color make it, so we will be envious. They seem to forget that they’re Balck when they become successful. That’s why I love Mo’Nique. She is herself, Black, Big and Successful without kissing up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/va-scorpio/ va-scorpio

    ok from the black male point of view that has been in the military for a while. the reason that black females were probably getting kicked out at a bigger rate is cause black females are more outward with there behavior. they have the short male type haircuts and they go to the on base clubs and dance with other females more then there counterparts of other races. i have seen it everywhere i have been stationed. i may be wrong but this is what i have seen in my military travels. also i have met many gay males and females in the military and i haven’t seen any of them get kicked out. they leave on there own or the stay in and progress. this article is stupid and is somebody whining and really are on the outside looking in.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mayhem187/ mayhem187

    f**k the white man army!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anthropological/ Anthropological

    who cares???
    Lets be honest, many of these women just dont want to be in the service anymore. They thought that they could either A. go to the service to look more manly and cant hack people trying to them or B. get into a relationship and when it breaks up they cant stand being around their ex and her new girlfriend…. yall know how out of hand women get…
    so they opt to get out…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SnapshotNTime84/ SnapshotNTime84

    The more minorities that buy into this the better for those who are proponents for eliminating the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy. Some people think that homosexuality is a civil rights issue. So I can see how some people will try and tie it with African Americans to garner more support. I am not saying this strategy is good or bad, but it is a strategy.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Trouble4You/ Trouble4You

    goddess_1989 i don’t know what kind of lesbian you are but the ones I know never get discriminated..Not by jobs, not by men cause they already have a 2 woman fantasy,and not in life..I have NEVER seen a lesbian battle the same issues as a homosexual and the killing part is the issues are the same..it is generally well tolerated to accept 2 women versus two men..That is common knowledge..I’m a nurse babes..I don’t get discriminated against cause when my sexuality becomes an issue at my job,my education is the only foot that keeps the door from slamming shut..I play these white folks games right along with them..And if i wasn’t 100 percent satisfied with my lifestyle,I wouldn’t be living it..And I’ll never fight for a country who wouldn’t fight for me..This is just like when the first black people joined the military..It was an issue then, but when a nigga want to die to save whitey for the general belief in freedom all of a sudden cracka licious is o.k. with the idea..The white folks trying to pull y’all back again with this same tactic, only now it’s gay issues and not black issues..America needs to mind their own f**king business and quit trying to AMERICANIZE other countries and nations and fix the problems we have here and stop telling lies about other countries supposedly attacking us

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/leejohnson219/ leejohnson219

    i’ve had both gay males and females in my company, and from what i’ve seen is that no one really pursues ucmj against homosexuals unless it somehow becomes a problem. that being said, the reason why more sisters are discharged because of it is because they probably don’t really want to be in the service anymore and need to get out. of all the demographics the are in the service, from what i’ve seen, black females as a group seem to have the most difficult time adjusting to the lifestyle. of course there are plenty of successful NCO, WO, and CO sisters, however a lot (not the majority) of those e1-e4 seem to struggle

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dreadibee/ Dreadibee

    Im with you Mayhem!!! Lls…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cognac_luvr/ cognac_luvr

    How many of the “3.3%” of discharged Black females have been interviewed to ascertain the circ**stances surrounding their discharge? I’m willing to bet that the majority of those females, whether they openly admit it or not, used the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy as a means to escape their military contractual obligations (mainly Iraq and Afghanistan deployments). The policy in itself is a simple one…the military will not, at any time, ask you about your sexual orientation as a factor in allowing you to join the service, nor as a factor to disqualify or discharge you while serving…IF you do not engage in, display, solicit, or openly profess homosexuality. It’s simple. The military says that sexual preference is a “personal and private” matter which should not be a factor for service. If you choose to make your personal and private matters open to public scrutiny, you should not later complain about discrimination or any other backlash resulting from it, and you should be willing to accept the consequences of your disclosures.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/drkchokolate_10/ drkchokolate_10

    As I said in the very beginning, who gives a damn. And no I am not God but he makes it real clear,no matter what religion you say you believe in that it is wrong. The problem is most of you don’t even try to live right. you just do whatever the hell you want. And for the sister who said that just because in states in The Bible that it is wrong that doesn’t make it so? Are you that damn stupid to not realize that is the commandments you are suppossed to live by, not just b/c you had a some bad relationships with men, or was raped or abused that now it is okay to start licking azz. Or most of you are so weakminded u give in to peer pressure. I asked this sister recently what made her become bi? And she stated b/c all these females keep talking about it so she wanted to see for herself. All of you sisters that think you are in a real relationship with another woman that just proves that the chemicals in your brain are off, b/c you are trying to rationalize wrong doing. Show me two women or two men for that matter that after having intercourse can produce a baby……. I am waiting you damn fools it can’t happen. I am not talking no artificial insemanation,adopting a baby, none of that made up bullsh-t that white people invent in their labs.I say again we take sex for sport and play, but it is meant for the reproduction of humanity, hence the command God gave be fruitful and mulitply. So you keep walking around here like it’s all good and that it is okay and see what happens. God was very clear when he sent his messengers to Sodom and Gomorrah. He gave the people several opportunities to change from this wickedness called homosexuality. After they would not change from these habits, he KILLED everyone in those towns. That’s how disgusted he was with the act. It is a reason why the book says as it was in the days of Noah,Moses,Abraham,Lot,etc.so shall it be in the last days at the Coming of The Son of Man. Meaning the same laws that I punished by then are gonna be the same laws I punish by in the End.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KiyanaBigTime/ KiyanaBigTime

    its bushes fault

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovely-Sapphire/ Lovely-Sapphire

    I agree with drkchokolate_10. Great post, man!! =]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bornn2winn/ Bornn2winn

    Cognac luvr that totally makes sense. People join and then the end up wanting out and will say whatever it takes to get out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrFocus/ MrFocus

    @drkchokolate_10 and others who think like you

    Before I begin, I will disclaim that I’m not gay nor am I an atheist…now on with the show.

    People like you make Black people look really goddamn stupid and shortsighted. People like you also make it difficult to respect Christianity because it produces complete douchebags like yourself. You probably want creationism taught in school and think the Earth is only 6000 years old too, right?

    dare I go in further, everything is real. For one, gay folks aren’t manufactured and clearly don’t ask to live out a persuasion that brings them persecution…so logic dictates it’s a simple fact of life for them. Any Black man or woman who believes in doing the right thing wouldn’t be homophobic. We have nothing to fear from them. Also, everyone doesn’t need to be crankin’ out babies like it’s going out of style. We’re using up all the resources and not properly raising the kids here now, yet morons wanna keep churning out more and more to overpopulate Earth even further?

    I’m done. I’m just sick of dumb n*ggas being the loudest and most-paid-attention-to voices among us.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/brown_tone/ brown_tone

    first of all i wouldn’t want no queer beside me fighting, why would they ask the question will blacks stand beside gays, they make it seem like black people and gay people go together or were more tolerent to them, whats the deal, it dont matter what color you are, if you like them you do, if you dont then you dont

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Real_bumbleclot/ Real_bumbleclot

    I wasn’t gonna comment on this topic, but since I agree with Drkchokolate_10, I gotta question for Mrfocus.

    1st I’m not religious, cause religion is a bunch of bulls**t, but I do follow the bible.

    Now Mrfocus are you saying we’re stupid and closedminded for following the laws of the Most High?

    Regardless if we think the planet is 6000 or 10million years old, we’re smart enought to know homosexuality goes against the laws of nature, cause you can’t name one creature on this planet that can reproduce with 2 males or 2 females.

    Your post just proves you know everything about nothing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrFocus/ MrFocus

    drkchokolate_10 and Real_bumbleclot, as well as other contradictory fascists, may as well be preaching for eugenics.

    There’s no smart or valid argument for being homophobic. Nor does being homophobic make you “Blacker” or “closer to God”…

    Our people are so blinded with homophobia, hatred for the police, too much religion/reliance on the Bible, and other stupid aspects we consider our “code.” Even the people among who are supposed to be “conscious” and “deep” get it wrong because they’re in search of some utopia where people they don’t like for whatever reason don’t exist instead of developing a better understanding of this real world and moving on solutions.

    FYI, the Bible doesn’t trump anything…if it did, no one would eat pork.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/IvanRoss/ IvanRoss

    This article is WRONG… That is not the position of SEC Gates… Again being an official part of the military… SEC Gates does not support Serving openly Gay in the militaryy.

    As Sec of Defense he has the responsibility to support the presidents desire by conducting the analysis needed to change the policy if congress allows it.

    These BLOGS are wrong so many times, just completely unprofessional.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Real_bumbleclot/ Real_bumbleclot

    Mrfocus your assuming we’re homophobic. That word was made up for people who don’t like gay people to feel bad.

    Since I’m not scared of gay people, how the hell I’m a homopobic?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    Pure Mumbo Jumbo…BP couldent even post credible sources. my mother used to tell something: believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear. The fact is that the Army (cant speak for the other services) does not keep statistical data pertaining to those issues. and I could honestly say that the number of black women who were kicked out for being gay is probably less than 0.01% less than 100.

    I mean to get kicked out of the Army for being Gay a person would have to sit down and doing an ungodly amount of paperwork and sit downs with leadership. Most soldiers have grown up with Ellen, the queer eye for the straight guy and ru paul etc. so we are somewhat understanding of the gay plight.

    But heres the kicker…it doesnt belong in the Army, and its not an issue of civil rights (because guess what: in the Army you have no civil rights lol) People dont care about your background, sexuality or creed etc. I hear Gay soldiers all the time talking about they should be all allowed to marry in the Army (why and or how could the Army possibly make it okay when its illegal in all but 5 of the states). Most people who comment on this issue have no clue about how the military works, they dont understand that soldiers are more opposed to openly gays serving with us because we live in almost clausterphobic spaces and to allow gays to serve openly is a double edged sword it will discriminate against both gay soldiers and hetero soldiers because we will have to be segregated.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Gods_chosenman/ Gods_chosenman

    Allowing gays to serve openly is a double edged sword it will discriminate against both gay soldiers and hetero soldiers because we will have to be segregated….much in the same way that they must segregate men and women. But I have a solution so that no one feels discriminated against we should all shower and sleep together (co-ed) barracks and tents. My thing is you cant be hypocritical on this issue…whats done for one, should be done for all. Do i believe this would break down the military and make us weak: yes probably because we will no longer be guided by a common goal of defending the nation…but by many selfish goals that have nothing to do with loyalty, selfless service and duty to ones comrades and country.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    GOOD! NOBODY BLACK NEEDS TO BE IN THEIR MILITARY ANYWAY! ESPECIALLY A BLACK WOMAN FOR ALL THE WAYS A BLACK WOMAN IS TREATED IN THIS COUNTRY.

    FIND SOME OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME, FIND ANOTHER WAY TO REACH YOUR GOAL… WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE ALWAYS CRY AND WHINE ABOUT THE WHITE MAN NOT LOVING THEM?

    THEY WILL *NEVER* LOVE YOU NOR ACCEPT YOU. BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE LIKE KIDS WHO HAVE AWFUL PARENTS THAT NEGLECT AND DON’T GIVE A SHT ABOUT THEM WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE PEOPLE. AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO LET GO OF YOUR CO-DEPENDENCE AND SAY “FUK’EM.” AND ACCEPT THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND MOVE THE FUK ON.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    “Are you that damn stupid to not realize that is the commandments you are suppossed to live by”

    @DRKCHOCOLO

    ARE YOU THAT FUKING STUPID BELIEVE IN SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE MAN CRACKED OVER YOUR BACK AND FORCE FED DOWN YOUR FUKING THROAT???

    SEE PEOPLE, THIS IS *EXACTLY* WHAT THE FUK I’M TALKING ABOUT. “BIBLE THUMPERS” FOR THE WHITE MAN AND HIS FALSE IDEOLOGIES. FUKING LIES ABOUT HUMANITY AND WHAT OUR TRUE PURPOSE IS ALL ABOUT…LET A N!GGA TELL IT.

    HOW DO YOU PEOPLE BELIEVE IN A RELIGION THAT THEY MADE UP AND THEN GAVE YOU? FORCED IT UPON YOU AS A SLAVE? SOME OF YOU POOR FOOLS DONT EVEN KNOW WHY YOU ACT SO CRAZY WHEN YOU ARE WORSHIPING *THEIR GOD*.

    DID YOU KNOW THAT DURING SLAVERY IN AMERICA THE “WHITE MASTER” WOULD OBSERVE THE SLAVES “CHURCH SERVICE”? THEY TOLD THE SLAVE THE THAT MORE THEY “ACTED A FOOL FOR THEIR GOD”, AKA THE HOLY GHOST NONSENSE, THAT WOULD BE TREATED BETTER AND REWARD THEM…

    EVER WONDER WHY BLACK AMERICANS ACT SO CRAZY IN CHURCH TODAY??? WELL NOW YOU KNOW.

    STOP PLAYING YOURSELF AND OPEN YOUR EYES TO YOUR REALITY.

    NO MAN WRITTEN BOOK IS THE ANSWER TO ANYTHING. GET A FUKING CLUE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/truthserumX/ truthserumX

    Uuum I know there are some Black gay women, HOWEVER, I refuse to believe Black women are the major gay population amongst gay women. Where do they get this BS from. I know maybe 3 or 4 gay Black women, maybe. The rest feel the same way about gays as I do. I hate that we are used as mules every time they want to “prove” a point. I don’t think gays should have “marriage” nor be in the military and I don’t care what anybody thinks about it!

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