[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     LOSING THE WAR OF COMMON SENSE

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, last week, while most of us were working 
from our districts, a newspaper article entitled, ``Combat Troops To 
Get Gay Sensitivity Training,'' was published. The article explains how 
our combat forces on the front lines in Afghanistan will soon be 
required to take a time-out from their mission and be forced to 
participate in the Pentagon's homosexual sensitivity training regimen.
  I still maintain the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell will harm 
recruitment, retention and readiness; but regardless of your opinion on 
that issue, it is remarkable that the courageous men and women who have 
voluntarily put themselves in harm's way are being subjected to such 
insane distractions while the war wages on around them.
  Our Nation is at war against an enemy that wants nothing more than 
the complete destruction of our way of life. For the President and the 
Pentagon to dangerously distract the attention of our troops in forward 
operating bases away from the enemy and toward homosexual sensitivity 
training is outrageous.
  To the men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces, I pray to God that you 
all return home safe and sound to your families. I, for one, believe in 
your mission and want to win the war on terror because we have 
certainly lost the war of common sense.

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