"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."

The 9th Commandment: thou shalt not lie

Pretty straight forward.

I've blogged before about the 122 abominations in the bible. The one everybody seems to be stuck on is "thou shalt not be gay". They overlook all the others. (women can't wear pants, you can't cut your hair, eat shrimp or crab, blah blah blah)

So I found it very interesting to listen to OutQ news this morning on XM. Don't Ask Don't Tell was, of course, in the news. It seems that a survey of military chaplains shows there will be a mass exodus of the religious if they repeal DADT.

Fascinating.

So you would rather, as holy men and guardians of the 9th commandment, that gay folks in the military LIE?

They should lie about who they are?
They should lie about who they are married too?
They should lie about the family they leave behind during their mission?
They should lie about who they love?

There should be a big lie when they parish in war and their lover can't be at the ceremony or receive the flag that draped over their coffin, when it returns home?

So lying is OK.

It's better.

It's better than that soldier, being stressed that someone is going to find out they are gay, will lose their job. Their families livelihood. It's better that, in the midst of combat, they are thinking about if someone saw the encrypted letter their lover sent them, rather than concentrate on the enemy gunfire overhead. It's better that they have to make up a heterosexual spouse and kids they don't have for a 'cover story', so that no one will rat them out.

You think that's better?

The longer I live, the more I realize religion is the biggest pile of stinking crap! It's thrust upon you as a fear control.

"Don't do that...some one's watching!"

It's good to know that the religious types that are there for comfort and counseling in the armed forces feel the need to put aside their religious duty to judge and discriminate.

If Jesus was a chaplin in the military...you bet your ass he would embrace every soldier equally. If you're going to preach about Jesus...maybe you ought to remind yourself to BE like Jesus.

After all....Jesus himself, had two dads.