Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist

[Effie Im TIRED]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 10:49am

Some highlights:

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee - A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never admitted being gay and his accuser was never identified.

Copas, 30, told The Associated Press he is gay, but said he was "outed" by a stream of anonymous e-mails to his superiors in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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But the GAO also noted that nearly **800 dismissed gay or lesbian service members had critical abilities, including 300 with important language skills**. Fifty-five were proficient in Arabic, including Copas, a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in California.

Discharging and replacing them has cost the Pentagon nearly **US$369 million**, according to the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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The accuser, who signed his e-mails "John Smith" or "ftbraggman," pressed Copas' superiors to take action against him or "I will inform your entire battalion of the information that I gave you."

On Dec. 2, investigators formally interviewed Copas and asked if he understood the military's policy on homosexuals, if he had any close acquaintances who were gay, and if he was involved in community theater. He answered affirmatively.


WOW!


Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 10:51am

umm there have been so many gay arabic tranlators dismissed its sickening, especially in the current state of the world and the value of people who can speak english and Farsi, or arabic etc.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 10:55am

the search feature is your friend
the perils of community theatre for gay army lingusts

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:29am

Seriously. Community theatre?

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:30am

apparently its the latest gay rage bway. Everyone's doing it.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:31am

it's also a well known hotbed of al qaeda sympathizers.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:33am

Well, that I KNEW, papa. It's why I did community theatre.
But, seriously, I could have gotten a DATE in community theatre, too?

I mean, uh, if I were gay. Which I'm not, US Army. Nuh uh. No way.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:35am

too late, bway, i totally informed on you and got the oreo cookie mre's for the next month.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:41am

Just don't tell the Weekly World News.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:46am

let's see are they on my list? worldnetdaily, cybercast news service, focus on the family...nope, no weekly world news.

[Calvin]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:47am

I have an in at Agape Press if you want it, papa.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:55am

"focus on the family"

please lord tell me you don't actually acknowledge the existance of that group. I had more faith in you, not much more, but a little.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 11:56am

whoops. I wonder what Focus on the Family and Exodus would know if they found out that I, a prancing nancy boy, subscribed to their e-newsletters?
Do you think they'd plotz, Papa, or is that word to Hebrew for them?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:03pm

no, zone, i was just looking for some buzz sites of the far, far right. i do acknowledge their existence though, to deny it would be kinda like saying, "mel gibson scandal? what scandal?" to acknowledge thier existence is not the same as agreeing with their message of hate.

they know, bway. i hear you're a subject of a weekly nationwide prayer vigil. they're either gonna turn you straight or straighten your hair...one of the two.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:06pm

i vote hair straightening just to see what it looks like.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:17pm

It might look a little like this:

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:20pm

jesus, bway. ya look great. you should totally thank them for their prayers.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:22pm

"that's hot"

*courtesy of RobbO*

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 12:23pm

Thanks. Their efforts to reshape me into the image of my Republican older brother have paid off. Upon seeing that photo, he remarked, "that just scared the crap out of me!"
Given the way I cleared out Barrage last night, I'd say my hetero makeover is done.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 3:39pm

I was talking about when it was long and curly, I want to see it like that, straightened.

[RightAmerica]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 3:46pm

DONT' ASK DON TELL is the law. I don't think it should be the law. I think that those with unnatural impulses should be sent to experts who can fix them. But when it comes to issues of natural security it is better to have that type removed.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 3:49pm

so, is there anyway we can just get rid of the wannabe cum dumpster?

[Jon]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 4:28pm

I wonder what would have happened if he wasn't gay, and was, in fact, a cunning linguist?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 4:30pm

deep purple would have written a song about him.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 4:37pm

Jon, thank you for the funniest post of the day.