Pentagon Lists Homosexuality As Mental Disorder

Pentagon Lists Homosexuality As Disorder
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer

Monday, June 19, 2006


(06-19) 19:39 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental health experts abandoned that position.

The document outlines retirement or other discharge policies for service members with physical disabilities, and in a section on defects lists homosexuality alongside mental retardation and personality disorders.

Critics said the reference underscores the Pentagon's failing policies on gays, and adds to a culture that has created uncertainty and insecurity around the treatment of homosexual service members, leading to anti-gay harassment.

Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Jeremy M. Martin said the policy document is under review.

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"It is disappointing that certain Department of Defense instructions include homosexuality as a 'mental disorder' more than 30 years after the mental health community recognized that such a classification was a mistake," said Rep. Marty Meehan, D-Mass.

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Of course, this is Rummy's Pentagon, so why am I not entirely surprised that the Pentagon would go back to the good old 1950's for this breathtakingly homophobic position.

It's going to be a long, long time before gay men and lesbians can serve their country, openly in the military. Unlike gay and lesbian servicemen and women in Canada, Israel, Britain, France, Germany, etc, etc, etc.

How back-asswards can this administration go? :scared: On second thought, I probably don't want to know the answer.

and lock them away forever. He's volunteered his sister to be the first asylum inmate. Mr. and Mrs. Cheney are glad they will finally be rid of their insane gay daughter.

However, they plan a voting exemption for the insane inmates. All those who will vote Republican can.

I'm sure the masochistic log cabin republicans will thank God the GOP is such a great and humane party and save their allowance to donate to the party.

everybody knows it's a religion.:silly:

That's the bottom line. Having someone with a known mental disorder defining the 'mental disorders' of others is indeed pathological.

Go figure.