WND EXCLUSIVE

MILITARY PUNISHING OFFICER WHO HALTED LESBIAN 'MAKE-OUT'

Decorated leader targeted after woman claimed she was 'shoved for being gay'

Bob Unruh

At a dance for his unit, a U.S. Army officer sees two lesbian subordinate officers engaged in a French-kissing “make-out” session described by a witness as “full-blown … grabbing each other on the butt, stuff like that.”

Mindful of regulations restricting public displays of affection, he tells the two women to tone it down.

Not wanting such behavior posted online, he waves off several people making videos and pushes down one man’s camera, which bumps his nose.

The new military’s reaction? Convict the decorated officer of violating the military’s policy welcoming openly homosexual members and remove him from the service.

In response, he’s filed a federal lawsuit against the service charging violations of his constitutional rights. He claims the decision to dismiss him was influenced by the military’s desire for a highly visible mark of its success integrating homosexual behavior in the ranks.

The complaint was filed by the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of Lt. Col. Christopher Downey.

“Gen. George Patton, who once wrote about the requirement of ‘loyalty from the bottom to the top,’ stated ‘loyalty from the top down is even more necessary,’” Thomas More said in a statement. “LTC Downey gave his all to the Army and to the country he loves, yet the Army he so loyally served threw him under the bus merely to avoid negative press from the homosexual community.”

The legal group said America “is set to lose one of its exceptional combat leaders due to an unjust application of the Army’s policy regarding repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”

“Our lawsuit is an attempt to correct this injustice to Chris Downey and our nation.”

The military told Downey this week he was being considered for early retirement.

The incident took place at a formal military ball when a female captain and a female lieutenant, both in uniform on the dance floor, “engaged in prolonged French kissing, taking off each other’s uniform jackets, and other intimate conduct.”

A witness described it this way: “It was a little more, like I said, a full-blown makeout, like, you know, they did not even realize w[h]at was going on around them; they were concentrating on each other. And it was creating a scene on the dance floor.”

Another witness said: “I mean, they were, like, full-blown, like, making out, grabbing each other on the butt, stuff like that.”

Regarding it as a violation of the military’s limits on public displays, Thomas More said, Downey “took immediate action to stop the inappropriate behavior.”

“He also attempted to prevent other soldiers from photographing and videotaping the officers’ inappropriate conduct, which he believed would embarrass the officers and affect the good order and discipline of his unit. In the process of lowering the camera of an enlisted soldier, the camera accidentally made contact with the soldier’s nose,” the legal team reported.

Had the circumstances been ordinary, there might have been a review of the accident but little more, according to the claim.

But because of the pro-homosexual influence that pervaded the military’s decision-making process, Thomas More said, Downey “was ordered to face an Article 15 hearing for assault.”

After a proceeding in which testimony supporting Downey was suppressed or silenced, the lawsuit charges, the officer was convicted by Gen. Mark Milley.

“The alleged victim [the photographer] of the assault never accused LTC Downey of assault,” the legal team explained. “In fact, he stated that he was not the victim of an assault, and that he knew LTC Downey never intended to harm him. Moreover, the investigating officer appointed by Gen. Milley found that LTC Downey did not intend to injure the soldier, but was motivated by the desire to protect the privacy of the two officers involved and the unit’s reputation.”

But since the military continued to press to remove Downey from the service, a federal case was needed “as his last resort to vindicate his constitutional rights.”

“A fair and impartial review of the facts,” Thomas More said,” leads to only one conclusion – that LTC Downey has always acted to protect the well-being of his soldiers, his unit and his country and should never have been penalized for doing the right thing.”

Downey, who earned three Bronze Stars and seven Air Medals in his 1,000-plus combat flight hours, was put before a judicial proceeding without advice of counsel and without being able to ask other witnesses questions, according to the complaint.

And his hearing was “unduly influenced” because of concern over media attention and of “offending homosexual advocacy groups,” according to court documents.

Further, the complaint explains, his hearing was tainted because just days earlier, the Department of Defense had claimed in a news statement that the implementation of open homosexuals in the military was successful.

A Show Cause Board found the claims against Downey were not supported by “a preponderance of the evidence,” but the military decided to remove him anyway

A defendant in the case is Army Secretary John McHugh.

The complaint explains that one of the lesbians, who was in the process of leaving the Army, had taken to social media to complain that after Downey left the dance floor, she was bullied by another high-ranking soldier.

“I was just shoved across the dance floor by my command sergeant major for being gay,” she wrote.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/11/military-punishing-officer-who-halted-lesbian-make-out/#ylX8E1OvCK0vPGgL.99

My comments: How soon will it be before the US Military is IMPOTENT? Not long I suspect.