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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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We all need to be respectful of each other
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MAJ Byron Oyler
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Unfortunately I believe we have gone from mistreating certain groups of people in this country over 200 years to my rights are take precedence over your rights. That is not respectful or right. I have to be very careful expressing any opinion these days as I could be attacked and lose my job.
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MAJ Byron Oyler "Mistreating" is an understatement.
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SPC Angela Burnham
SPC Angela Burnham
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MAJ Byron Oyler - I totally understand where you're coming from, but the argument goes both ways unfortunately. LGBT people have a right to the same freedoms other people have, and in some areas people have special rights to attack them on the grounds of sincerely held religious beliefs.

If someone used that argument to deny African Americans the right to be served (which they did), and that wasn't tolerated, I fail to see why this should be. There's a lot of evidence to suggest LGBT are born the way they are, just as a black person is born black, and that evidence seems to be building more and more every day.
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SGT Cynthia Douglas Ybarra
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It is more than common decency. It is about protection for all under the law. I didnt get that in the miltary or in civilian life. I can be fired based on perception of my sexual orientation. Straight folks do not have to live with this fear. Period.
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SPC Angela Burnham
SPC Angela Burnham
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This is true.
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SSG Robert Webster
SSG Robert Webster
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SGT Cynthia Douglas Ybarra That may have been the case not too long ago, however in todays 'politically correct' environment - no one whether 'straight' or not is safe.
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MSG Dan Castaneda
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No comment.
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SPC Angela Burnham
SPC Angela Burnham
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Then why comment lol.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
MAJ Byron Oyler
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For many, there is only one acceptable way to comment on this and if you are not inline with the 'party line,' you get attacked and perhaps lose your job. We are seeing an assault on the First Amendment in my opinion far worse than attacks on the 2nd.
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MSG Dan Castaneda
MSG Dan Castaneda
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MAJ Byron Oyler Absolutely correct sir. It’s not normal for someone wanting everyone to treat them like a girl when they still look like a boy.
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