Score one more for the small government conservative movement (for now); Peter Pace will be retiring on September 30, 2007. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is best known for ”running” the war in Iraq and stating, “I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts.” He went on to equate adultery and homosexuality–both being immoral acts.
I have no issue with him speaking his mind or with his beliefs. The beauty of America is that we have the right to free speech. My beef with General Pace was that he believed the military should be making judgement calls based on his moral values. This assertion flies in the face of small government conservatism, and has been part of the Bush administration since day one. I’m all for our leaders to be good and decent people, but I can’t support those elected (and non-elected) officials telling me how we should live our lives, and what is moral or immoral, be it homosexuality, adultery or bed wetting. Save that conversation for the classroom, dinner table and places of worship.
