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Title: After DADT Repeal, Cross-Dressing is Next
Post by: Shana A on October 05, 2011, 09:41:19 AM
Post by: Shana A on October 05, 2011, 09:41:19 AM
After DADT Repeal, Cross-Dressing is Next
By David N. Bass on 10.4.11 @ 9:15AM
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/10/04/after-dadt-repeal-cross-dressi (http://spectator.org/blog/2011/10/04/after-dadt-repeal-cross-dressi)
Following the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, soldiers who have had sex-change operations want a repeal of a similar ban barring them from serving openly. That "transgendered" designation also encompasses cross-dressers.
Arguing for a slippery slope is a logical fallacy, but it wasn't hard to see this development following on the heels of the DADT repeal. The rapid politicizing of the armed forces under the Obama administration is astounding.
So far, the administration is playing coy, as reported in the Washington Times:
By David N. Bass on 10.4.11 @ 9:15AM
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/10/04/after-dadt-repeal-cross-dressi (http://spectator.org/blog/2011/10/04/after-dadt-repeal-cross-dressi)
Following the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, soldiers who have had sex-change operations want a repeal of a similar ban barring them from serving openly. That "transgendered" designation also encompasses cross-dressers.
Arguing for a slippery slope is a logical fallacy, but it wasn't hard to see this development following on the heels of the DADT repeal. The rapid politicizing of the armed forces under the Obama administration is astounding.
So far, the administration is playing coy, as reported in the Washington Times: