Sandy Rios: Openly Gay Army Secretary Can't Lead Men Into Battle

[Major Nikon]

Yesterday, American Family Association official Sandy Rios criticized the confirmation of Eric Fanning to be Army secretary. Rios didn’t find anything wrong with Fanning’s qualifications, she was just upset that he is a gay man.

As a gay man, Rios said, Fanning cannot be an “alpha male.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/sandy-rios-openly-gay-army-secretary-cant-lead-men-battle

http://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/american-family-association

[tonyt53]

1. Got news for the "thumper", gays have been fighting any dying for this country forever.

Just because they didn't tell anybody, sure as hell didn't mean they weren't there.

[Major Nikon]

3. Barry Goldwater on gays in the military

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/scotts/bulgarians/barry-goldwater.html

[brush]

2. What, does she think, the Army Secretary leads a company into battle with a raised sidearm . . .

yelling "charge"?

Where do we get these people?

[valerief]

4. Why, because he'd want to have sex instead of fight? Is that what the crazies fear?

If that's the case, we need ALL GAY battle leaders! Make love not war!

[haele]

5. Ummm, she never heard of the Marquis de Lafeyette? Baron von Stuben?

Both generals in the Continental Army (in fact, von Stuben developed the process for training American armies that radically improved their chances against the English...)
Both men were pretty well known not to be interested in women. And yet, they were Alpha Males that helped win our freedom.

Haele

[jehop61]

6. Wel done , Sir

[Major Nikon]

11. "Alpha Male" even if that were the least bit relevant, has nothing to do with sexual preference

However, a defining feature of bigots is they are not afraid to flaunt their ignorance and stupidity.

[gratuitous]

7. She doesn't know what the Army Secretary does, does she?

I'm getting really tired of people who don't know what they're talking about avoiding the golden opportunity presented to them to shut up more.

[SCantiGOP]

9. Commander in Chief is head of the army

For some reason I don't remember seeing little Georgie W leading the troops into Iraq.

[tularetom]

8. There ya go - a way to put an end to these stupid fucking wars

Openly gay secretaries of every branch of our armed forces.

Thanks, "Sandy"

[KamaAina]

10. Has Ms. Rios not seen 300?

[joeybee12]

12. Or certain websites?

[ck4829]

13. "Alpha male" is a social construction that Rios seems to think means war-like and not-gay

So in other words, if you play enough Call of Duty on multiplayer, that should qualify you to be Army Secretary. Well, OK then, Sandy.

[Major Nikon]

14. She's supposed to be a gay porn expert

You'd think she's watched enough alpha male gay porn by now.

[Behind the Aegis]

15. Sexual orientation is irrelevant in determining one's ability to lead battles.

Besides the above examples, there is also Alexander the Great, The Theban 400, many Roman Generals, and a variety of other examples from all kinds of cultures. Sexual orientation was rarely even considered in many ancient cultures as to whether one could lead a successful army.

It's bigots which are more of a threat as they are lead by fear and hate.

[One_Life_To_Give]

16. Never heard of the Spartans I guess?

How about Alexander the Great?

I guess being an Alpha Male isn't required to conquer the known world then.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. Contrast this with the last Army Secretary to lead men into battle ...

... oh, wait, no, that doesn't happen. Secretary of the Army has a different sort of job.