Supreme court and White House refuses to lift ban on gays in military.

Today America's highest court stood by a decision to maintain the ban on gays serving in the military, a decision that was supported and encouraged by the White House. There are several important issues at play and while I contend that this is an extremely sensitive topic, it is no less a topic that should be openly discussed with out the fear of infringing upon political correctness.

First of all, I fail to see how a ban on gay military service is at all constitutional. Whatever happened to individual liberty and freedom? I for one do not approve of the homosexual lifestyle, but this is my own personal conviction and not anything I would ever use to enact policy from. Homosexuality is something an individual is born with, discriminating against sexual orientation is akin to discriminating against skin color. Even if we were to assume that homosexuality is a choice, then under whose authority and under what right can we discriminate against that choice? I choose to be straight, what if based on my heterosexual choice I was banned from participating in certain establishments? I would sue and hopefully win. I find our stance on this issue disappointing and contradictory to the very essence of what makes America the greatest and most open country in the world.

Second of all, with our military stretched to it's maximum capacity and soldiers suffering from exhaustion and stress, why are we purposely limiting the field of potentially excellent soldiers? If an individual applies to the army and passes boot camp with excellence, demonstrates physical and mental acuteness - then why is orientation a factor? Not only is this unconstitutional, but it's downright idiotic. According to this article, some 13,000 soldiers have been discharged based on sexual orientation. That is a staggering number, in fact that is practically an entire division. If a general fighting a war, lost an entire division, he would retire in shame. Even if we were to account for the number of inevitable soldiers who cited homosexuality as a means to exit the army, I suspect the number of eligible and capable soldiers banned from service is staggering. One thing of note, I never served in the military, but I do respect the institution greatly. I submit that perhaps me not serving, excludes me from such commentary, but this should not prohibit me from making an observation of perceived unfairness.

Thirdly and far more important aspect of the story, is the Obama administration. A supposed champion of humanity, a hero among the gay community and an inspiration to progressives around the world - urged the Supreme Court to throw out the case. This action clearly demonstrates the work of a masterful politician, a politician willing to say and do anything to garner votes and then immediately back stab the very same constituency he was cajoling a mere one year ago. What is especially upsetting is the sheepish mentality of the gay community. During the campaign, homosexuals flocked and strongly supported Obama with a whopping 90% voting majority, the only other minority with a stronger slant were African-Americans, although I am sure race had nothing to do with that decision.

According to some proud homosexuals, voting for McCain was similar to ushering in the Spanish Inquisition whereby homosexuals would be publicly lynched and hung in town centers. This perverted and skewed perception of one political faction being the friend, while another faction being the sworn enemy has badly distorted and undermined the quality of our elections. We have elected a man who not only disregards capitalism, but apparently could care less about individual rights and freedoms. How many Jews voted for Obama thinking that he was going to be a friend to Israel? How many homosexuals voted for Obama thinking that he was going to fight for their rights? How many other minorities have been disappointed with a man who pays lip service to minorities for the sole purpose of obtaining their vote?

After Obama's groveling in Cairo and his inexcusable involvement in this Supreme Court case, I would hope that minorities think twice before blindly voting for their party of choice. It goes without saying that gays in the military, abortion, marriage and other social hot buttons pale in comparison to the pertinent issues plaguing our life. When our country is suffering from the worst recession, job loss, debt and housing collapse in 40 years - one hopes that whether two men marry or at what stage a woman can abort a child, are not the kinds of issues used to decide the next president of this country.