Mark Smith and Hooters should never appear in the same sentence

"Mark Smith" and "Hooters" should never appear in the same sentence.

Even though I just broke that rule.

If you need any more proof that we all need to become pro-gay activists, that we still live in a hostile climate of rampant homophobia, let me enlighten you to a man named Mark Smith.

He's a constitutional attorney. (Unfortunately.) A former law professor. He's mostly known for being a conservative commentator.

Anyway. This is all just lead-up to my point. He was on CNN yesterday, talking about why homosexuals can't be allowed in the military.

Check it:

CHETRY: Mark, in your opinion, do you think don't-ask/don't-tell is successful?

MARK SMITH, CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR & CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY: Well, I think we have to keep in mind that the military is about winning wars.
And, as a civilian, I'm not comfortable second-guessing the military with respect to military policy during a time of war. To me, putting openly gay people in the military is a social experiment. And now is not the time for it.

But, certainly, there -- there certainly are concerns about having, you know, openly gay people in the military. I mean, the example I like to give is if -- for example, if you put me in a platoon with nothing but, let's say, Hooter waitresses, that's going to distract me, and I'm not going to be focused on winning the war. I am going to be focused on other things.

And that's the sort of tension, that, frankly, can hurt the morale and hurt the fighting mission. So, to me, I understand what the military is getting at. And I'm not here to second-guess military decisions on these kinds of critical issues about winning wars.

You're kidding, me, right?

A NEWSFLASH TO EVERY HUMAN BEING THAT TRIES TO MAKE THIS POINT:

HOMOSEXUALS ARE ALREADY IN THE MILITARY, YOU MORONS.

And thanks to Pam's House Blend for this stupendous graphic, which brought tears of joy to my eyes:

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Comments (3)

	Kitiara.: 05/31/2007 9:54 AM Bahaha. Okay that's hilarious. And you're right! Don't ask don't tell is worthless because some people just abide by it, no questions asked.
	murfgrl: 05/31/2007 9:55 AM So I guess women shouldn't be in the military too huh? I mean hell, they can distract all the guys too couldn't they? His "reasoning" is absurd. Ignorance, pure ignorance. Sad.
	veoki: 06/02/2007 4:39 PM I'm so sure that every soldier in the military is focused on "winning the war." More like focused on doing the job and getting the fuck out of there as fast as they can. But then we all know that the only thing a homosexual would be able to think about in a trench is how well toned his sergeant's abs are.