Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg Celebrates Reversal Of Navy Policy

It took the FRC less than 48 hours to muster their GOP drones in Congress to force the Navy to rescind their new policy allowing same-sex marriages on bases in jurisdictions where it is legal.

Tony Perkins On Navy Weddings

"If the administration keeps pounding its agenda through the military, we'll need the Navy SEALs to rescue marriage. Last week, we started to see some of the fallout from the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal. Without bothering to consult Congress-or the law-Navy officials decided to revise their training manuals to better accommodate same-sex 'marriage.' In a letter to the chaplain corps, Rear Admiral M.L. Tidd says it starts by freeing up military chaplains and facilities for homosexual weddings. 'This is a change,' Tidd wrote, 'to previous training that states same-sex marriages are not authorized on federal property.'

"Call it what you will, but that's not a change to 'training'--that's a circumvention of U.S. law. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)--which governs not just the military, but every federal entity--states that marriage is the legal union of a man and woman. Now that the ban on homosexuals in the military is overturned, the White House is trying to enlist the troops in its war on DOMA. And if the administration won't uphold the law, then it shouldn't surprise anyone that the President would order the military to ignore it." - Family Research Council head Tony Perkins, calling the decision to allow gay weddings on Navy bases "an assault on religious freedom."

Navy OK's On-Base Gay Marriages

It appears that the U.S. Navy has authorized the usage of military chapels for performing same-sex marriages in jurisdictions where it is legal. Lez Get Real reports:

The changes came in the form of an April 13 advisory memo issued to all chaplains which said the Chaplain Corps was revising its Tier I DADT Repeal training manuals, which had previously indicated that same-sex marriages are not authorized on federal property. Citing “additional legal review” by Navy attorneys, the Chief of Navy Chaplains, Admiral Michael Tidd said the Navy “has concluded that, generally speaking, base facility use is sexual orientation neutral.” “If the base is located in a state where same-sex marriage is legal, then the base facilities may be used to celebrate the marriage,” added Tidd.

The above-cited memo also excuses chaplains from performing any ceremony that conflicts with their religious beliefs.

McCain Reacts To Enterprise Scandal

Enterprise Commander Permanently Relieved Of Duty For Videos

Parker & Spitzer On Navy Video Flap

Navy Suspends Enterprise Commander

The Navy has suspended the aircraft carrier commander who made raunchy and anti-gay videos for the entertainment of his crew.

Capt. Owen Honors commands the USS Enterprise and produced the videos while second in command aboard the aircraft carrier. He is to be relieved while the Navy investigates the incident. Made in 2006 and 2007, the videos just came to light over the weekend and show the crew got an eyeful on shipboard TV: Gay slurs, suggestive shower scenes and mimicked masturbation. The Navy said Sunday it will investigate the "clearly inappropriate" videos shown through the nuclear-powered ship's closed-circuit television system as part of an onboard movie night. The Norfolk-based Enterprise was deployed in the Middle East at the time the videos were made and is weeks from deploying again.

HomoQuotable - Aubrey Sarvis

"Captain Owen Honors was acting more like the president of a frat house rather than the executive officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. We call upon the Navy to investigate this matter thoroughly. It is very important that the most senior leadership make it absolutely clear that this kind of bad behavior and poor judgment is not only unacceptable, but that there is no place in the Navy for those who engage in this sort of frat house behavior in the workplace." - Aubrey Sarvis, executive director for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

CNN On U.S.S. Enterprise Videos

VIRGINIA: Navy Makes Raunchy Anti-Gay Videos For Crew Of U.S.S. Enterprise

The U.S. Navy is investigating a series of raunchy anti-gay videos made for the entertainment of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, an aircraft carrier based out of Norfolk, Virginia.

The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reports that Capt. Owen Honors of the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise broadcast to his crew a series of profanity-laced comedy sketches in which he uses gay slurs, mimics masturbation and opens the shower curtain on women pretending to bathe together. The newspaper says Honors appeared in the videos in 2006 and 2007 while he was the Enterprise's second-ranking officer, and he showed them across the ship on closed-circuit television. He took over as the ship's commander in May. The navy says the videos are "clearly inappropriate" and it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the production of the videos.

The videos were reportedly made onboard with government equipment. But remember, it's the gays that are going to bring rampant disgusting sexuality to the armed forces.

UPDATE: Here's some screenshots from the clip.

Chief Of Naval Operations Urges Sailors To Participate In DADT Study

It sure seems like he's asking for negative comments. "The repeal will ONLY go into effect AFTER this study."