A popular political argument for permitting homosexuals to serve openly in the Marine Corps is that otherwise qualified Marines are being lost to the Corps solely due to their sexuality. That argument is unabashedly simplistic in failing to include the impact of homosexual Marines serving openly on Marines of conscience. In the first instance, the very nature of being Marines of conscience will prompt many of them to extricate themselves from such associations. A notable example of that imperative is the following Marine: On 2 February 1983, Captain Charles B. "Chuck" Johnson, USMC, of Neenah, Wisconsin jumped on an Israeli tank that tried to run through a Marine roadblock in Lebanon. He threatened to shoot the tank commander if he continued: The tank withdrew. Later, that Marine officer of conscience resigned his commission rather than compromise his moral convictions and serve with practitioners of homosexual acts tacitly protected by, "Don't ask. Don't tell." That action was a manifestation of the Biblical imperative voiced in The Epistle of James 2:14-26 that convictions are worthless unless practiced. If the United States Congress reverses itself and permits homosexuals Marines to serve openly, they will force from service and replace still more Marines who value and practice their conscience.

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Visit The Butter-Cutter's "verbal shrapnel" rich domain for his take on the president's surge at:
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Visit The Butter-Cutter's "verbal shrapnel" rich domain for his take on the president's surge at:
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The use of U. S. Armed Forces to prosecute the war in Afghanistan fails to understand the fundamental limitation of our soldiers in the effort. Visit The Butter-Cutter's 'verbal shrapnel" rich domain for his insight into this flaw at: http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Afghan...

This decision continues a lack of understanding on our abilty to prosecute this war. For insight into this flaw, see: http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Afghan...

We are debating sending more troops to Afghanistan to protect Afghans. Yet, we apparently do not have the wherewithal to protect Americans from border crossers since we are moving "hundreds" of Border Guards from our insecure Mexican border to the Canadian border. See more at: http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Americ...

See The Butter-Cutter's view on where we should be protecting Americans:
http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Americ...

The Butter-Cutter describes the fundamental flaw in our Afghan commitment at: http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Afghan...

See The Butter-Cutter's opinion on increasing the force level in Afghanistan at: http://www.thebutter-cutter.com/Protecting_Afghan...