If DADT is repealed, sodomy should be legal
(Here we find at last the real reason the
President and Democratic congressional members repeal of the military law for the
removal of open homosexuality within its ranks (Last renamed as Don’t ask Don’t
tell)
Congress and Pentagon leaders are
on record in support of repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy
with President Obama’s signature making it law. Congress and the President,
along with the Pentagon brass patted themselves on the back for this momentous
occasion, but said they had a lot of work to do before the repeal is
implemented. They have no idea the work they have yet to do.
Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice (UCMJ) states:
(a)
Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation
with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of
sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
(b)
Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may
direct.
The UCMJ is the military’s legal
system and it applies to all members of the military, including the Coast
Guard. Additionally, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Commissioned Corps, and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, when
attached or detailed to the military are subject to the UCMJ. If you are
serving the military under any capacity then the UCMJ is the legal system to
which you answer.
With the repeal of DADT,
homosexual service members are still at risk of prosecution under Article 125
of the UCMJ if they engage in homosexual behavior or the military must openly
not enforce the UCMJ. That is a slope no military leader wants to slide down.
The only sensible thing for
Congress to do, with the President’s signature, is to make sodomy legal in the
military. This not only protects homosexual military members, but it also
protects military leaders from compromising their integrity by not enforcing an
article of the UCMJ.
And if our American military
legalizes sodomy in its ranks, then it is only acceptable that it be made legal
in
If this is true then
If yes, then sodomy should be
legal; plain and simple.
For this evangelical Christian
this is a hill on which to die. As a nation, founded on Judeo-Christian
principles, we must decide if what the Bible says about homosexuality is
obsolete and side with the moral relativists.
Do we once again, as a nation,
turn our backs on the God of the Bible and embrace humanism, or do we pull back
from the abyss?
If we decide to reject the
biblical teaching on homosexuality and sodomy, then Congress and the President
must take a stand and legalize sodomy.
David blogs at SaltandLightblog.com
Homosexuality was deemed a mental
illness until about 1974 it was reclassified as normal behavior.
The march continues to make the
Article 125—Sodomy
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal
copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is
guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient
to complete the offense.
(b) Any
person found guilty of sodomy shall by punished as a
court-martial may direct.”
Elements.
(1) That
the accused engaged in unnatural carnal copulation with a certain other person
or with an animal. (Note: Add either or both of the following elements, if
applicable)
(2) That
the act was done with a child under the age of 16.
(3) That
the act was done by force and without the consent of the other person.
Explanation.
It is
unnatural carnal copulation for a person to take into that person’s mouth or anus
the sexual organ of another person or of an animal; or to place that person’s
sexual organ in the mouth or anus of another person or of an animal; or to have
carnal copulation in any opening of the body, except the sexual parts, with
another person; or to have carnal copulation with an animal.
Lesser included offenses.
(1) With a
child under the age of 16.
(a) Article
125—forcible sodomy (and offenses included therein; see subparagraph (2) below)
(b) Article 134—indecent acts with a child under 16
(c) Article
80—attempts
(2)
Forcible sodomy.
(a) Article
125—sodomy (and offenses included therein; see subparagraph (3) below)
(b) Article
134—assault with intent to commit sodomy
(c) Article 134—indecent assault
(d) Article 80—attempts.
(3) Sodomy.
(a) Article
134—indecent acts with another
(b) Article 80—attempts
Maximum punishment.
(1) By
force and without consent. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture
of all pay and allowances, and confinement for life without eligibility for
parole.
(2) With a
child who, at the time of the offense, has attained the age of 12 but is under
the age of 16 years. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of
all pay and allowances, and confinement for 20 years.
(3) With a
child under the age of 12 years at the time of the offense. Dishonorable
discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for life
without eligibility for parole.
(4) Other
cases. Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and
allowances, and confinement for 5 years.