More Misinformation from George Brauchler
George Brauchler, the deputy district attorney in Colorado who sparked a controversy by comparing gays in the military to "kids in a candy store," is again misleading the public about the facts surrounding military service.
As our friends at Colorado Media Matters point out, Brauchler tried to defend his homophobic tirade about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by insisting that people of faith don't have equal opportunity in the armed forces either.
From Media Matters:
Claiming that he was "not making a moral judgment about the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality," Brauchler stated that "the military asks everybody that's a part of it to make a sacrifice." As examples, he said that "practicing orthodox Jews ... don't get to keep the Sabbath holy" and Catholics in the service "don't have a right to insist upon the Eucharist." He also stated that Muslim soldiers "don't have the right to insist on being able to pray ... five times a day by facing a certain way." Brauchler concluded his comments by saying, "We discriminate against people coming into the military based on height, weight, eyes, a whole list of medical things. All of these things are done so that we can have the most effective fighting force with the greatest chance of success for the mission."
In fact, all branches of the military follow Department of Defense policy stating that service members' religious practices "should be accommodated" whenever possible. Tolerance for lesbian and gay service personnel, hwoever, is officially out of the question, however, because of the federal ban on their service.
Let's try - once more - to educate Mr. Brauchler (who has also defended Ann Coulter's infamous 'faggot' remark about former Senator John Edwards) about the facts. Join SLDN and Media Matters in calling on him to set the record, um, "straight," and tell the truth about the second-class status forced onto our service members by "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Send your thoughts to:
George Brauchler
Caplis & Deasy
500 Jefferson County Pkway
4600 S. Syracuse St.
Denver, CO 80237
Phone: (303) 770-5551
E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
It's time George Brauchler (deputy district attorney!) learned what the law really says.
- Steve RallsLabels: in the news, take action
-----07-27-07
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