Recruiting Gays
Oops:
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings.
Okay, now that’s just funny. It’s this second part that pisses me off:
“This is the first I’ve heard about it,” said Maj. Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, which will spend $6.5 million on Internet recruiting this year. “We didn’t knowingly advertise on that particular website,” which he said does not “meet the moral standards” of the military.
“Moral standards” of the military? Who is Baptista to define those standards? This isn’t an issue of “moral standards.” This is an issue of policy and politics and inequality. I think Baptista needs to keep his ass out of the political and “moral” aspect of gays serving in the military and just admit that he needs to keep a closer eye on where his people are placing advertisements.
Or maybe he just doesn’t meet the “intelligence standards” of the military.
18. October, 2007 at 14:20
The military has intelligence standards?????
18. October, 2007 at 14:22
I knew that one was coming.