This is the kind of "justice" the American apologists for terrorismseek. They believe all will be right with the world when Osama bin Laden iswhistling behind bars, growing his beard to the floor, writing his memoirs, andbreaking bread with kindred congressional visitors like Barbara Lee, CynthiaMcKinney and Jim McDermott.
See Townhall.com's "No morejury trials for terrorists."
October 15, 2001 -- Hijack This
Traditional Values Coalition founder Rev. Lou Sheldon thinks private and publicrelief agencies dealing with the September 11 terrorist attacks, "should be firstgiving priority to those widows who were at home with their babies and thosewidowers who lost their wives," not gays and lesbians who lost loved ones,according to TheWashington Post.Assistance "should be given on the basis and priority of one man and one woman ina marital relationship," he added, just to clear up any confusion.
Sheldon then went on to accuse gay organizations seeking to lobby for thesurviving partners of those killed of "taking advantage of this national tragedyto promote their agenda."
In a related outrage: Someone scribbled the anti-gay slur, "HIGH JACK THIS FAGS"on a bomb meant for a future air strike in Afghanistan. The AssociatedPress captured the photo.
September 24, 2001 -- O'Beirne is No Hero
National Review columnist Kate O'Beirne uses the tragedy as yet anothervehicle for attacking feminism. She writes:
"I wonder how many frustrated reporters searched just as desperately for abattle-scarred woman in uniform so there might be a pleasing politically correctManhattan hero, but found only men doing the dangerous, demanding, dirty work ofmen."
O'Beirne concedes that 36 women do serve in New York City's fire department, but,she says, only because of a sustained feminist assault on performance standards.Worse still, according to O'Beirne, has been our military's response to feministdemands:
"The military has adopted gender-normed scoring on physical tests and enlistmentquotas to boost the number of women in the ranks. Kumbaya confidence courses havereplaced ego-bruising obstacle challenges. Let's hope that stepstools will beprovided for female soldiers in Afghanistan."
See The National Review's "Men of the Hour."
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