The following comes from an August 23 story on LifeSiteNews
Jewels and the Brunchettes, a drag queen group of entertainers, were invited to perform at the Los Angeles Air Force Base on August 8 as part of a “Diversity Day” celebration, according to Fox News.
Fox News’ Todd Starnes reported that three individuals dressed in drag were featured in a musical performance that sparked outrage among some military personnel, who called the performance “totally offensive and inappropriate.”
Photographs of the event published by Fox show an individual wearing a giant wig performing to an almost non-existent audience sitting beneath the American flag.
The Los Angeles Air Force Base’s Facebook page described the event as featuring “a remarkable guest speaker, live entertainment, educational booths, ethnic dishes, and much more.”
The “educational booths” included an LGBT homosexual advocacy booth.
The “remarkable guest speaker” was Brigadier General Tammy Smith, who became the first openly lesbian general after the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
A video of part of her speech shows Smith asking members of the military to be accepting of “diverse lifestyles.”
“I would ask you to also give space to people to be authentically who they are, so that they have the opportunity to replace…a stereotype,” she said.
The Air Force said in a statement to Fox News that “Diversity Day” featured eight cultural groups and was meant to “foster equality and diversity in the workplace.”
“One Team, One World, One Mission,” the banner advertising the event said.
The drag queen group was invited to perform on base because drag is a “symbol of gay pride and unity,” the statement explained, adding that the Jewels and the Brunchettes group did not include any members of the Air Force.
“Drag acts to this day represent the struggle for freedom and equality of the LGBT community, while at the same time providing a deep-rooted historical form of entertainment for the LGBT culture,” said Peggy Hodge, a spokeswoman for the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, according to Fox News
“Drag queen acts are historically one of the main forms of entertainment in the LGBT culture, having its roots in the earliest of days of the gay rights movement,” Hodge said in the statement.
An airman, who spoke to Fox News on condition of anonymity, said the drag queen performance was offensive and was inappropriate on a military base.
“I am really surprised that this happened on a military installation,” he said. “I get that people want to be able to have committed relationships with members of the same sex, but this crossed the line.”
The airman said it was ironic that the Air Force is cracking down on Christians being able to openly share their faith, but they would allow men dressed in drag to display themselves on the base….
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CalCatholic is demeaning itself by running this story as a matter of Catholic interest. This topic is irrelevant. Who edits the editors of CalCatholic?
There are 74 grandchildren in my large Catholic family. Many will be going off to college and this topic is a sign of the times. My entire family is grateful to CCD for informing us about the many topics our children will face out in the world. Our children should be prepared to charitably dialogue with others who have been mislead by false teachings. These topics are not pleasing to have to think about but the reality is our children will most likely be faced with the challenge to uphold Church teaching. The reason that this story IS important to Catholics is that there are many within the Church who are mixing truths with lies. They are confusing many about what the Holy Father said about judging behavior that offends God. The goal for dissenters is to change the language of the Church to undermine solid Church teaching. I appreciate CCD for helping us to prepare our children to face these difficult challenges of our time. Our college children may be room with someone who has falsely been misled. Jesus asked us to watch and to be on guard. Our children should also be prepared for these challenges. Notice how they use the harmless sounding language of “Diversity Day” to enable behaviors that offend God, especially to youth or unsuspecting onlookers. The goal is to use certain language or to remove language in order to undermine solid Church teaching. Our children should have the ability to know the difference. Here is a recent example of mixing truths with lies.
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“Fr Frank Brennan SJ is professor of law at Australian Catholic University, and adjunct professor at the College of Law and the National Centre for Indigenous Studies, Australian National University. This article is taken from his homily at the Church of the Transfiguration, Woden, Canberra, 18 August 2013. ”
“I called to mind the media press conference that Pope Francis gave recently on the plane on the way back from World Youth Day. He was asked about homosexuality and he said, ‘If a person is gay and seeks the Lord and has good will, well who am I to judge them?’ I think Pope Francis now gives us a better way of engaging in respectful discussion in our Church and in the community about the complex issues relating to homosexuality, including civil recognition of same sex marriage.”
“Our theological starting point should be that we are all created in the image and likeness of God, whether we be gay or straight; that we are all called along the road to Jerusalem; and that the Lord’s purgative fire and promise of division is extended to us all in preparation for the invitation to the banquet where there is neither gay nor straight, and where each of us prays, ‘Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.'”
“It’s time we dropped the unhelpful, judgmental language of intrinsic and objective disorder when respectfully trying to determine appropriate laws and policies for all people who want to support and nurture each other and their children.”
In response to ‘SJ’ method of See / Hear / Talk – No Evil (also practiced at indoctrination camps like USF & Santa Clara…) –
The below link to a Lifesite News Øpinion by Hilary White, provides a truly eloquent answer.
*BTW – Cassandra was a mytho-type whose prophecies were doomed to be ignored by those who most needed to pay attention.
Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results, and White said:
“Logic is like math, people. Don’t shoot the messenger who insists, against all political fashion, that two and two still equal four.
Well, I’ve got to say that the least fun part about Cassandra Syndrome is saying “I told you so.”
So, I’m going to change it to “Soooo, you don’t want to talk about the nasty, politically incorrect, squelchy stuff? You want to keep the discourse ‘civil’ and polite and friendly?
“How’s that workin’ out for y’all?”
How to lose the fight over gay ‘marriage’ in one easy step | https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/how-to-lose-the-fight-over-gay-marriage-in-one-easy-step?
Since the push for “gay marriage” started, people who opposed it have absolutely refused to engage in discussions about the moral liceity, or even the physical and psychological consequences of homosexual behaviour. Have you noticed?
The one thing no one in the argument seems to want to do is really to talk about what we’re talking about.
In the case of the Catholic Church, this has become a nearly universal policy, from the CDF on down.
We have been informed that it was official.
When the issue started gaining speed, bishops and national conferences told priests they were to talk exclusively about the glories and wonders of marriage, and never, ever breathe the slightest hint about all that other icky stuff.
So what happened to the 250 word limit?
I agree, Michael…and I love Hillary White. She is brilliant and so perceptive. It’s this whole nice thing that Michael Vorris is always talking about…’the Church of nice’. But it isn’t just the Church, it’s the whole of Western civilization suppressing their reason and commonsense by denying evil exists and that if we would all just be nice and all try to get along we’d be just fine. There’s not been a symbol in the equation for evil for some time. It can grow and flourish unchecked until all the nice people are surrounded by unspeakable violence and lewd sex and drugs and mayhem. “How’s bein’ nice workin’ for y’all.” If ever there were a time for strong leaders and responsible men willing to take the heat, we’d have a fighting chance to save ourselves. As it is, we have nothing but womanish men trying to outdo one another in waffling and wheedling and whining. Naturally, I do not trust a man who was a colonel in the KGB, but as I’ve said before, at least Putin acts like a man and is willing to be perceived as ‘mean’ as witnessed in his stand against homosexualism in his country. As I’ve said before, I truly fear for these people who seem to be winning their campaign to force people to forsake their principals and values in support of homosexualism…it will redound on them with a force they can’t imagine. They’ve turned Sodom into a joke. “Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”. They’ve lost their reason and have no fear of the consequences.
Catherine I honestly don’t understand why you posted this. Even I had not seen this quote before. Even I have never before posted such a pro homosexual piece on ccd. I’m curious why you would.
Off we go into the wild red hot environs of Hell! Da Da Da.
I almost entered Air Force Flight School, now I am glad I didn’t.
May God have mercy on America!
Viva Cristo Rey!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Ms. Tammy Smith is obviously a political advancement, it does not look old enough to be even a Colonel.
May God have mercy on America!
Viva Cristo Rey!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
What would Milton Berle say???
What would Flip Wilson — or rather, Geraldine — do with such news?
Or Eddie Murphy?
Or John Travolta?
Or Adam Sandler?
or Bob Hope?
or J. Edgar Hoover?
I always assumed they did it to be funny. This is for real. There is a difference. Nevertheless, some of the older ones could and did get somewhat resque.
Correction: “risque”.
No comment from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles?
GAG!!!
‘Drag’ – can be such a – at least for those not enamored of living behind a mask, even in Frisco.
Once, walking along the Embarcadero with two ‘made up’ Women (XX), we passed a Male Drag Queen (XY) and they began to snicker. When I asked why, they explained the Guy had ‘gotten it all Rong’…
When I responded that His getup didn’t look any phonier than theirs, the smiles turned to frowns, icy cold ones.
Speaking of bogus Drag Queens – how about “Sparky” of the SF ‘In-Human’Rights’ commission, where LARRY BRINKIN was a revered Icon – of Racist Pederast Rape, if not other ‘manly’ virtues.
Sparky is on record as “Supporting Larry 100%” – even though they are also being Sued by a former employee (Black Heterosexual Male – SEE – CV#12-0231 Willis V SF; N.D. CA) – for Discrimination.
I know it seems impossible – it is like saying that the Guards need a Guard, when we all know that these type ‘internal affairs’ are not for disclosure – like the Heavy Blanket of Censorship over said LARRY BRINKIN RACIST TODDLER BOY RAPE RING.
BRINKIN – Before getting on the Public Pederast Payroll was an original member of the “flamboyant ragtag troupe of genderbending hippie – The Cockettes”
The Notes for the DVD Documentary Featuring Larry and the rest of the ‘girls’ (& Pederast nambla founder Allen Ginsberg) say:
“these outrageous drag performers created 20 shows with titles like “A Crab on Uranus Means You’re Loved” and “Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma,” – four underground films…
Thank you Cal Catholic for publishing this article. I didn’t know that the Air Force (and probably other branches of the military) are promoting and celebrating homosexuality, nor did I know that there is a homosexual General with a “wife.” I feel pity for these unfortunate people who choose to live an unnatural lifestyle.
Tammy Tell Me True
When ‘doing the math’ turns out to be a little too politically Un-Good, the forces of ‘tolerance’ are always ready to step in with any ole Orwellian Meme suitable for the occasion – provided the Gaystapo Approves.
The staged coup leading to the ‘demise’ of the Law banning those who choose to act out the Pathological Coprophile Behaviors & Exterminationist Misandry (Hatred of Men & Boys, Masculinity and Normal Heterosexuality) that are the axis of Evil behind said Gaystapo –
Took place only a short time ago…
Certainly Not long enough for anyone to Join the Air Force and Rise to General, even if for an Affirmative Actress like Tammy.
Hence – we know one thing for absolute certain of this Twysted Systerhood of radical gender feminist Womyn Generals & Colonels… They are All Liars!
Obviously – Tammy kept her Chosen Behaviors Contrary to Military Order & Discipline a Secret, for Years…
– All the while getting bumped up the ladder and deeper inside the system – the better to Attack and Destroy the Hated Y-DNA BioManPigOppressor Patriarchy – in the name of Tolerance of course.
Putting Hyper Militant Misandrist Liars in charge of the most sophisticated military hardware on the planet – and by using Drones assuring a very Few of the Systers can Control the means of Destroying so many Pigs –
– Without Any Personal Risk to Themselves…
Is just another Evil of this Age of Abomination that has replaced the formerly brave ‘future’ envisioned by many freedom lovers who served Honorably.
Sarah,
Feel even sorrier for those who HAVE TO serve under such misfits!
Viva Cristo Rey!
May God have mercy on America!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Sarah: As former member of the Air Fore, I truly feel sorry for the subordinates who report to this Lesbian General. During my time, the USAF was
a man’s enterprise. Alas! It no longer is.
I am a devout Roman Catholic and served in the U.S.A.F. …shocking, positively shocking…
Curt, is your middle name “Bomb ‘Em Back to the Stoneage”? Had a college roomie once who flew rescue choppers in VN, and his name sounded similar to your pen name … He advocated napalming the student protesters.
It is time for the SMC and Base Commanders and those above them who condone this evil sinful non-normal to human beings behavior to resign their posts since they haven’t the backbone to stand up, speak against it, and end the proliferation of LGBT overtaking the military. I am personally ashamed of the SMC Commander whom I worked with as a junior officer in the 1980’s. I never would have dreamt he would be so weak and stoop so low as to permit and promote this outrageous lude behavior on his Los Angeles AFB.
Its what’s happening now, and folks tempted to think there is a military, conservative, wing of the government distinguished from a welfare, liberal, wing of the government need to realize it. Thanks, CCD!
Chief of the Luftwaffe ((Homo-Nazi Air-force) in WW-2 was an obese heroin addicted former WW-1 fighter pilot with a penchant for Drag, named Herman Goering.
Goering used to review his troops in heavy made up and rouge wearing comic opera uniforms, before slipping off for a bunp and a meal. He was initially recruited by the boy raping homo-anal coprophile pederast ‘party’ founder – Ernst Rohm.
Rohm was leader of the Homosex Terrorist Storm Troopers who, after destroying the Boy Scouts in Germany, ran the Homo-Nazi Young Peoples organization known as the ‘Hitler Youth’; as a stable of Boys for Rape and Blackmail of their Families.
Hence Goering represented a distinct element within the Hyper Militarist Homosex hierarchies in both Germany and England, which has reappeared in the US Military after the betrayal by the Pelosi-Rat Pak.
Historian Barbara Tuchman discussed these theatrical Militaristic Poufs In “The Guns of August (1914)” – including various Homosex Scandals leading up to WW-1.
For example – the head of the German Military Cabined actually keeled over from a heart attack, while dancing in a ballerina tutu for the Kaiser and staff .
Apparently, rigor mortise set in before they could get the dress off and put him back in ‘proper’ uniform.
When Rohm was ‘caught’ by Hitler in bed with a boy (“Night of the Long Knives”) – the official story (from Club Foot propagandist Goebbels) said Hitler was “Shocked”.
Teutonic Jokesters added that hitler was Also ‘shocked’ to find that Goebbels was lame, and Goering Fat.
Militaristic Drag is nothing ‘new’ – although ordering Mandatory Promotion / Pandering to it in the US Military is a recent gift of the Abomination.
Despite his historical importance, only recently has the first biography of “Ernst Julius Röhm–German military officer, commander of the Nazi Stormtroopers, and Homosexual” (by Eleanor Hancock) been published.
Although sparse in its discussion of the ‘SA’ (Sturm Abteilung – the Homo-Nazi Terrorist Storm Troopers commanded by Rohm) – one quote is particularly relevant to the US Military and its “Corpse-Men” under command of Barry (Soetoro / Marshall Davis / ObamAcorn… Whoever the CIC Really Is)
This demonstration of ‘tolerance’ could have taken place in any Frisco Dungeon, or Hollywerid – and is Now part of the pogrom in the US Military:
At the Homosex nightclub Eldorado:
“a Transvestite Hostess sat down at the table and began to talk to Rohm about a party they had been to together…
When (his companion) commented in the indiscreetness of such an approach to an ex-client in front of a stranger,
“Rohm, who normally was open and unashamed about his pickups and enjoyed joking about his ‘weakness’ was suddenly huffy.
‘ I am Not His Client. I am His Commanding Officer.’ he said with complete seriousness. ‘He is one of My Stormtroopers.’ ” (P-89)
SEE – The Strange, Strange Story of Gay Fascists – by Johann Hari.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/the-strange-strange-story_b_136697.html
The USAF Academy in Colorado suppresses Christianity and paves the way for wiccan cults … So, why is the homosexualization of the Air Force such a surprise? Who thinks a formiddable force of plane pilots, missle crews, logistics teams and so forth that is sexually perverse ever compete with other air forces that are not morally corrupt, such as that of Russia or China?
Skai: I share your concerns. At the same time, I believe this Lesbo General is an aberration, not the norm. Most of our flyboys still are the best of the nest! An ex-Air Force Man.
As a Catholic and a retired career Airman, all I can say is thank God I retired before the current CinC saw fit to eliminate the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy of ex-President Clinton, which was awkward for all GIs and somewhat hypocritical on the part of the U.S. gevernment, but at least workable in a practical sense with respect to daily operations, recruiting, retention, and good order and discipline.
The essential hypocrisy of the current politically correct policy is this- when DADT was eliminated by Obama as official DoD policy, I was watching for a swift, if low key. removal of sodomy as a criminal specification from the Uniform Code of Military Justice. To the best of my knowledge this has not happened, and sodomy continues to be “on the books” as a UCMJ violation, and therefore, one would think, a major legal obstacle to the “normalization” of overt homosexuality in the U.S. military. As with many other Constitutional issues and broad areas of civil law, the current administration and it’s key cabinet-level appointees (Holder, Hagel, Napolitano until recently) hold any law or regulation they don’t like in contempt, and either ignore or refuse to enforce laws or regulations they don’t like, but don’t have the power to eliminate. The willfull lawlessness of this administration is having a profoundly corrosive effect on basic liberties and the rule of law in our once-great nation.
I wonder if attendance at this “diversity” function was truly voluntary, or whether Airmen were “encouraged” by command to attend? I wonder if a chaplain attended this event, and maybe gave an invocation? I wonder if the base commander had to order that chaplain to attend? I’d like to think that if a Catholic chaplain was ordered to attend he would refused to do so, citing freedom of conscience and religious liberty for his refusal… but if so, I doubt we would read about it in the base newspaper, or the mainstream media.
Billy,
They probably had “Universal Unitarian Chaplain or a Episcopalian” give a so called benediction!
Viva Cristo Rey!
May God have mercy on America!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
Corpse Men of the Abomination
Barry (Soetoro / Marshall Davis / ObamAcorn… Whoever the guy really is) grew up in Indonesia, where he spent his Formative Boyhood under the ‘guidance’ of a Male Drag Queen named “Turdi” in Jakarta.
Hence – what he doesn’t know about… Whatever – Makes no difference to the bought and paid for ‘free press’, who see him as their ‘Mess-I-Ya’.
The lamesteam media haven’t given this big a free pass to anyone since looking the other way as Kennedy and a Mafia Don shared a Mistress (Exner) – However, it remains available for Anyone (Larry Brinkin, Gravid Nuisance…), except their ‘enemies’ of course.
But then a Commander in Chief who refers to Navy / Marine Medics as “Corpse – Men”, probably has stock in the funeral industry too.
“Pentagon Classifies Evangelical Christians, Catholics as “Extremists”
The Department of Defense classified Catholics and Evangelical Christians as religious extremists similar to Al-Qaeda, according to training materials obtained by the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
The Pentagon also considered the Southern Poverty law Center’s “hate group” list a “reliable source” for determining extremism and labeled “Islamophobia” as a form of religious extremism.
The revelations come just days after Judicial Watch discovered a separate Pentagon training document that depicted the Founding Fathers as extremists and conservative organizations as hate groups.
The Chaplain Alliance uncovered in more than 1,500 pages of documents… Catholicism, Evangelical Christianity, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Sunni Muslims, and the Ku Klux Klan were examples of extremism.
Tod Starnes – Fox News 82913
Official Policy Pogrom
Monk Breaks Silence on Air Force Persecution (Family Research Council)
– Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk…
– Monk was brought into an internal dispute over a class at Lackland Air Force Base. His superior (and open homosexual) Major Elisa Valenzuela was irate that a trainer suggested that same-sex “marriage” was a divisive issue that could have devastating effects on America.
When Valenzuela caught wind of the comments, she solicited Monk’s advice on how to punish the trainer. He suggested that they use the moment as an opportunity to teach tolerance for all opinions.
That infuriated Valenzuela, who demanded to know Monk’s stance on marriage (after first warning him that supporting homosexual “marriage” is “official military policy.)
He refused to answer, explaining to her that if he did, there would surely be consequences.
Turns out, he was right. After 19 years of spotless service… “I was essentially fired for not validating my commander’s position [regarding] homosexuality,” he said. But the persecution didn’t end there.
– At what was supposed to be a routine meeting with his Liberty Institute attorneys, Air Force representatives shocked everyone by reading Monk his Miranda rights and informing him that he was now the subject of a criminal investigation…