Andews Air Force, a head-start on censorship
In the last few days, Andrews Air Force Base, the home base for Air Force One, “disinvited” national pro-family leader, Tony Perkins. The Air Force Chaplain invited Perkins to speak as the keynote of a military families’ prayer luncheon. Then he “disinvited” him because Perkins supports the existing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and is opposed to Obama’s attempt to repeal it.
In the words of a written statement from the authorities at Andrews, Perkins’s invitation was retracted “after his recent public comments made many who planned to attend the event uncomfortable.” The chaplain’s office “wanted the luncheon to be inclusive for the entire base community.”[1]
So Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is not even repealed yet and the federal government is already censoring those who disagree with it? What if Perkins’ public comments had been in support of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and that “made many who planned to attend the event uncomfortable?” Would the chaplain have “disinvited” him for agreeing with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
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Amy Lewis
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Inhospitable, truly. But just because an unjust law is still law, doesn’t make it right. Saying that having Perkins speak because it is currently legal to discriminate against homosexuals and because he advocates for continued persecution of homosexuals is ridiculous. Perkins is not known as a person who is willing to bring all “into the fold” and he is proud of that fact. Given his recent statements, he is not an appropriate speaker at a prayer meeting intended for a broad-based audience. I think they made a mistake for inviting him in the first place and it is unfortunate that they rescinded their invitation. In the end it is an issue of selection, not censorship.