re: Military not permitted to accept VBS invitation

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You can scream from the highest rooftop that it's not a gay event but it is.

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Whether it's a gay event or not is irrelevant. Gay isn't a protected, recognized group. Just ask this very board.

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To say that the parade doesn't have an agenda discredits you. LINK

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Precisely why I would never make such an assertion.

The military has a policy that prohibits it from visiting a church under these circumstances (a few visits to mosques were paid in the last decade, frick yeah), but it does not have a policy prohibiting it from participating in a sanctioned event in public streets that welcomes literally everyone.

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You said "Pride" wasn't a group?

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Yes.

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Why do you capitalize the word to describe the parade?

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It is capitalized in the name of the parade. On March 17, I capitalize even the word "Day" when referring to a popular series of Hibernophilic parades.

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Confusing

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Must be tough.

SO can I attend a function at the church on my base?

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SO can I attend a function at the church on my base?

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I'm not your commanding officer.

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SO can I attend a function at the church on my base? I'm not your commanding officer.

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But it's not a group? Got it. It seems you have a partisan view of this issue. We'll have to agree to disagree.

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But it's not a group? Got it.

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Come on, man. Don't turn 12 on me with the "Got it" posts followed by the faux "agree to disagree." Those are so goddamn stupid. Let's just talk.

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It seems you have a partisan view of this issue.

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What's my party? Seems to me that you are one of many who are inching toward claiming victimhood in this situation.

I said that "Pride isn't a group." I didn't say "Capital Pride" isn't a group (maybe if the Church would steal that play out of the playbook, it wouldn't be such a joke). Before you cited that organization, I wouldn't have known what you cited. By saying "Pride isn't a group," I was continuing my point of patting the gay movement on the collective butt for altering their agenda a bit, as far as the parades themselves go, to be all-inclusive. After all, anybody can be proud to be who he or she (or whatever else) is, so I say, great job by anyone who throws a party and invites us all. I think that's pretty damn cool.

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Sure it does, a church of Federal property, so I can't attend a VBS invitation then how can I possibly have a church on Federal property?

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I don't guess it's for you to say what does and doesn't concern me. Wanna talk about an issue, or do you just want to tell people what to do and how they're supposed to be?

By the way, the Church doesn't pay taxes, meaning the Church as an organization is getting military protection for free. It's America's way of encouraging religion, and I for one think that's a good thing and something that makes our country the greatest on earth. Enjoy it instead of let other people's recreational sexual activities ruin your day.

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Don't turn 12 on me with the "Got it" posts followed by the faux "agree to disagree." Those are so goddamn stupid. Let's just talk.

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Funny that's why I tried to graciously disengage the dialogue with you. I tried to have a discussion but for whatever reason you deny the obvious. Bottom line, the Capital Pride Parade is a gay pride parade. I based this on reading the parade's on website. It may have participants who are not gay but again according to it's own website it is open to members and supporters of the LBGT community. The military said participation in that was OK and sending a HMMWV to a VBS so that 6 year olds could thank them for their service was not. In my partisan view, that's the military saying endorsement of one sectarian group is OK and another is not, that's just wrong.

I don't know what your party is. I'm guessing Socialist. The word "partisan" has multiple meanings.

Partisan - adjective, 1. prejudiced in favor of a particular cause.

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Seems to me that you are one of many who are inching toward claiming victimhood in this situation.

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Not at all. I don't have a dog in the fight. Just blasting out my anonymous opinions on a message board.

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Enjoy it instead of let other people's recreational sexual activities ruin your day.

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Where have I ever claimed that it does?

More to the point, again common sense needs to apply versus PC regulations hindering use of common sense.

I agree with the gay pride stuff on base, but also think it's fricking retarded to ban some Guardsmen from going to VBS.