S.D. cops out lesbian sergeant

An Air Force sergeant has been discharged from the military after Rapid City police alerted the military that she was gay. Officers saw an Iowa marriage license at her home while they were trying to arrest the woman's partner. Their department reviewed the incident and feel like officers did nothing wrong by contacting the Air Force. But the former sergeant and the ACLU have filed a complaint against the police.

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Comments

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Here it is, that darned ACLU again.

Of course the fuzz read documents thru an uncurtained window. Certainly they acted without malice throughout the "investigation." And absolutely, the military was totally intelligent in its response.

Even more than the actions themselves, what's disgusting is the lies as to motives and justifications.

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

And the main reason why Don't Ask, Don't Tell needs to be repealed and Gays need to be allowed to serve our country without having to live a lie or in the shadows while in the military.

[Ju]

I sure hope that she wins the lawsuit. This is definitely and outrage.

[Searching]

I never understood what a sex life has to do with your ability to serve in the military.

[kybo61]

Outrageous, cruel and unnecessary what those redneck cops did. Sure they found the certificate on the table. And monkeys will fly out of my butt.

[Ruth Ann]

The ACLU should be banned in America. It does nothing but cause trouble in most situations. Wake up, America and ban this organization !!

[Greg]

Yeah, ban this organization, until someone poops on your existence for being a woman. People talk about this organization like they are accident chasing lawyers. This woman has done more for this country than many American's, but instead our government is worried about the actions 2 concenting adults. Today's Sunday and I never caught the part of the bible that stated my sin carries more weight then your. Live and let be.

[Jim in Cinci]

I applaud the police and the military for enforcing the LAW. I've had just about enough of the protesting, parading, lawsuits, invasion of our schools, and bombardment of this atrocious lifestyle onto our children through the television and in movies. One day, very soon, the American public is going to have had ENOUGH and they will put their collection foot DOWN! Homosexuals are a scourge on society, a threat to our way of life and a stain on the sanctity of the American family. I look forward to the day when these people get rounded up and herded into camps - with the support of the vast majority of the American public.

[Edwin]

The damn cops had no business doing this. This woman served her country with distinction for many years without problem.

She wasn't "parading" or protesting or anything else like the comment previous to mine infers. This lady was just getting burned and it's wrong.

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

I look forward to the day when Jim in Cinci is on the KC crime blog for having gay sex in a rest stop mens room. Someone that is that homophobic is hiding a pickle in their butt.

Go on... Bite that pillow Jim.

[cripjak]

Jim in Cinci---A just tad homophobic are ya? There's a cult in Topeka that would just love you.

[Patty PV]

Wow, Jim in Cinci. Invasion of our schools? Rounding people up and herding them into camps?

What color is the sky, in YOUR world?

[You're a Mean Drunk R2D2™]

And thank god those that think like Jim are in the minority. He's probably still pretty ticked off that a black man is the President. Oops, I just reminded him that Obama is still our President. Go ahead, recite the pledge of allegiance while looking at Naked George Bush and telling yourself that you are not gay Jim. :)

[Searching]

JIm... you need to read Greg's post. Is homosexuality considered a sin in the church?..yeah, but it is no bigger a sin,than any of the ones that you sin. If you are going to throw morality around, you better learn a few more.
There is NOTHING about being gay, that makes a person incapable of defending our country.

[Keith G. in P.V.]

Is homosexuality considered a sin in WHAT church? Some do, some don't. Come to think of it, that's true of abortion stands, too. I'll be darned. I was beginning to think everyone was at least a closet papist. 

[Patty PV]

Wow, I thought that said closet rapist. Whew!

[Searching]

Ignore him, he tries to fine some way, no matter how lame, to argue with me when he starts getting drunk. I said nothing that wasnt true.. but that's the best he could come up with.

[robert]

so... the lady was uncooperative with the serving of your warrant. that is no reason to out her to the army. it was a mean and very spiteful, childish thing to do. it is your job to serve warrants and such, not ours. i too would refuse to help you do your job, especially when i was at and doing mine. i hope and pray that each and every one of you that were involved in this childish, life wrecking behavior are severely reprimanded up to and including firing from the force. also hope she and a.c.l.u. sue and win a very large settlement from you all.

[Greg]

Jim, your whole attitude and this policy of Gays in the military are all the way ass backwards in what America stands for. We don't all have to be alike. All families do not have to mirror each other. There's more important things to worry about if you are out to clinse society.

[AA]

"I look forward to the day when Jim in Cinci is on the KC crime blog for having gay sex in a rest stop mens room. Someone that is that homophobic is hiding a pickle in their butt.

Go on... Bite that pillow Jim."

AND

"What color is the sky, in YOUR world?"

....Thank you sooo much for that you guys...you just made my day! I am still laughing. I was pissed when I saw his comment, but you just calmed me down, and I have nothing further to say. Haha

[ghost]

I am getting sick of the homosexual agenda. If you look at the subject through scientific terms...it is abnormal. There is only ONE normal...heterosexual. This is just a attempt to FORCE people to accept a abnormal group. They should have stayed in the closet. In this attempt to force the acceptance of this...it is nothing more than a recruitment drive.

[eduardo]

Thank you, ACLU, for fighting for American's freedom!

[jeano]

Homosexuals shouldn't have to have an agenda. They should be accepted just like any other person, but with people like Cinci and ghost, they have no choice but to work hard for their rights. I THOUGHT this was America but somedays those right wing people make it seem like Nazi Germany. It's getting scary.

[John Mack]

Jim in Cinci... gay.

100% of the time that someone is as strident as him about homosexuals... gay.

[Pat]

Gay or not, she got the shaft.

[Chuck McRizzo]

jeano you thought wrong now

MACHT SCHNELL!!!!

[Ron Mosey]

Invasion of privacy, period. What the hell is wrong with our country. Everybody better start realizing you have to stand up and be heard. What's next, the police had no right or reason to call the military, let alone, even read the document and then made a committed effort to call the military authorities. The police wonder why they have trust issues with communities. The police officer, military officer should be fired, let alone their bosses should be fired as well

[Ron Mosey]

Some of you are really idiots. Comments here about the should have kept it in the closet. For christ sakes, the document that the police ready was in their own home. I'm not gay, but, there is something wrong with our civil rights in the case. How can anyone believe that the police had this right.

[Elrond of Rivendell]

I am getting sick of the homosexual agenda. If you look at the subject through scientific terms...it is abnormal.

While I don't care much for gay pride parades, and I'll agree with you that from a purely technical standpoint, homosexuality is an aberration of nature, you have to admit this...since essentially the dawn of civilized society, homosexuals have been present in our societies in a certain small minority.

No amount of societal repression or religious oppression has changed that.

And I don't believe any amount of societal repression or religious oppression is likely to ever change it.

So here's the deal.

Accept homosexuals for what they are.

OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

And we'll all be a little better off, won't we.

[Fenris]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

I don't see anywhere in there that says unless you're gay, brown, green, female, or atheist.

[Chuck McRizzo]

"that all men are created equal"

Yeah fenris not a good quote to use. Men used this quote for centuries to say that the founding fathers literally meant MEN and not just normal men but land owning men. Not that I don't agree with you, but thats a bad example.

[Drasil]

The main thing I see wrong with your argument Fenris is that at the time that was published slavery was legal in the US. So much for liberty and the pursuit of happiness for those people.

[Mike]

Those Rapid City police should be fired! Sue these morons and the department for all they got!

[Drasil]

Sounds like vindictiveness to me. How professional is that?

[Drasil]

How is this NOT a hate crime against her? They intentionally set out to have her fired, deprived of her income and future retirement benefits because she was gay.

[rbindc]

Accept homosexuals for what they are. OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

Yours and the other "live and let live" crapola comments are - ALL - totally irrelvant to the argument.

Under 10 USC 654 neither she nor anyone else has a right to serve in the armed forces. "Success in combat requires military units that are characterized by high morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion . . . One of the most critical elements in combat capability is unit cohesion . . . The prohibition against homosexual conduct is a longstanding element of military law that continues to be necessary in the unique circumstances of military service" And you get bounced out if you engage in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts.

She did. She's out. That's the law - if you don't like it, elect people who can change the law. Your moronic claims that we can all do what we want are just that - moronic. And for the "it's Sunday I don't recall the Bible part that says . . ." comment? I don't believe I've seen anything more idiotic on any Star post/comment than yours.

[Manny Dies]

I served in the army and i always thought Don't ask don't tell was ridiculous. A gay person can take a bullet just as good as a straight person in war. Do you think they have bullets that know who's gay and they don't shoot at them?

And as for the biggots, narrow mindedness of you who think you're america is the only america you need to wake up and open your mind just alittle bit. But then again homophobes will be homophobes. Or is it "I thou doth protest to much?"

[Manny Dies]

DRASIL - RE: Your Comment:

I don't believe I've seen anything more idiotic on any Star post/comment than yours

[Drasil]

I don't believe I've seen anything more idiotic on any Star post/comment than yours

Posted by: Manny Dies | Monday, March 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM

That's good. Please give me an idiotic reason why my comment is idiotic.

[Yogi]

Ron, Accept homosexuals for what they are. OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with that concept. It should be every Americans motto. Unfortunately the right winged nut cases who always cry so loudly about patriotism don't adhere to this themselves. They long for the good old days when powerful white men ruled the country. You know the days I'm talking about. The days when women and blacks and other minorities couldn't vote or have decent jobs or education. (Kind of like the Taliban)I hate to tell them but a change is in the wind. In a few years minorities will be white. More and more voters are going to be voting for ALL Americans' interests, not just the party of hate and exclusion.

[X]

"Don't ask, don't tell" is a dangerous national policy. Think about it: If you apply for a security clearance, then you are normally forced to expose all personal details such as sexual preference to those around you, especially to those you would be most embarassed to have know. If there is anything about your personal life that you don't want known, then you're a security risk and a potential blackmail victim. And that's what "Don't ask, don't tell" does to people. It turns them into security risks.

If you're going to allow gay and lesbian soldiers in the military, then there must be a requirement that you are openly gay or lesbian. That's the only prudent policy when it comes to national security.

By the way, it was the military who caused the large concentration of gay populations in places like San Francisco. How? When draftees were ordered to report to such places to be deployed, and they were discovered to be gay, then they were offered two choices: go home in disgrace, or stay in sunny California.

Military experiments produced the psychodelic movement in this country, too. LSD was developed as a mind-control drug that was released into the general population as a military experiment.

Now our government has created a national security issue for our military with it's "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy. Even high-ranking officers can lose everything if the wrong picture surfaces. This policy is potentially very dangerous.

[Oldtimer]

I personally would rather see people being locked up for being stupid and narrow minded than being gay.

I wish some of these bigots would just keep quiet. They couldn't possibly say these things if they realized how stupid they sound.

[relax]

I am a gay female, I am a sister, a daughter, an aunt a niece and a grand daughter. I was raised in a NORMAL home with a mother and father who have been married for 27 years. I have 1 brother and a twin sister. I went to church every sunday growing up I joined youth groups and religious social groups. I am about as NORMAL as you can get. There is no scientific fact to prove "you were born this way", but there is also no scientific fact that proves its an "abnormality". I think some people think if gays are openly accepted they will change the flag to be rainbow instead of stars and stripes. They will have parades once a month and every redneck bar will now condone serving mixed drinks.

[Chuck McRizzo]

relax your name makes me think of the Franky Goes to Hollywood song.

[relax]

if i didnt know better i would say that is a flamboiant remark. lol

[Jimmy Knows Best]

Why don't the women have to shower, sleep, and dress in front of the men if the men have to do it in front of the homosexuals? Hmmmmmmm

[lynn]

rbindc - She was married. We know that once your married, sex goes out the window. So she probably didn't engage in any homosexual 'act or acts' - whatever that may be. So she wasn't breaking the LAW. Unless someone is actually caught in an act, how are they breaking the law you quoted? What makes hetero acts on higher morale ground anyway?? Talk about pompous and backwards thinking.

[lynn]

"Under 10 USC 654 neither she nor anyone else has a right to serve in the armed forces. "Success in combat requires military units that are characterized by high morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion"

How does one's love life have anything to do with unit cohesion at a job that requires combat and protection of the country?? Why is expressing love to someone you personally love considered not good order in a professional job?? That has got to be one of the most stupid laws I've seen.
"The prohibition against homosexual conduct is a longstanding element of military law that continues to be necessary in the unique circumstances of military service"

So discrimination against a certain group is necessary to perform well in the military? Makes no sense. Well, only to homophobes. Talk about going against what the US fights for - freedom and democracy.

[Fast Tony]

I can not believe this, who ever is in charge of this outfit, has to be a uneducated redeck, ignorant bigot, Come on, its 2010, not 1940. Why dont we all write letters and get this bozo of a Commnader In Chief canned! What, who is the Commander In Chief, oh, never mind then.

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