[aldo_14]

Seven US soldiers have been charged over offenses linked to their appearance on a gay porn site.

The men are charged with "sodomy, pandering and engaging in sex for money while being filmed", Reuters reports. One is also charged with adultery.

Four of the accused have already received "nonjudicial" punishment - they were confined to barracks for 45 days, demoted to private, and given extra duties. The remaining three members of the 2nd battalion of the 82nd Airborne will be arraigned 7 March.

The army is pushing for all seven to be discharged.

Army investigations began in January after it emerged that some military-themed gay porn sites were using real soldiers.

Specialist news site Fleshbot reports that the site involved is likely to be "Active Duty" - registered in Fayetteville, near Fort Bragg - home to the 82nd Airborne. The site offers membership from $24.95 a month.

The 82nd Airborne is one of the most revered US military units - it was involved in the Normandy landings, the invasion of Grenada, and the first Gulf War. According to its website the Airborne is "America's Guard of Honour", at just 18 hours notice it can achieve: "forcible entry into any area of the world" and its soldiers "have always been ready and willing to jump into danger".

The US Army has a "don't ask, don't tell" attitude to homosexuality - homosexuality is not a bar to service but homosexual conduct is - guess that includes making gay porn.

(Sorry, but I just had to post this for the sake of the puns)

[Flipside]

Fred Phelps is going to have a field day over that

Though, it does promote the question 'Which Officer discovered their pictures on a Gay porn site and how?'

[aldo_14]

Was one of the soldiers of the second name 'Parts' and ranked as a Private?

[Nuclear1]

Fred Phelps is going to have a field day over that

Fred Phelps needs to be shot. Repeatedly. In the face.

[aldo_14]

Fred Phelps is going to have a field day over that

Fred Phelps needs to be shot. Repeatedly. In the face.

Don't be stupid - that's horrible!










You need to start with the legs and work up, that way he'll suffer longer.

[karajorma]

Charged with Adultry? You have to be kidding me! You'd have to lock up just about every single sailor who every got shore leave in the far east on that one.

[NGTM-1R]

Charged with Adultry? You have to be kidding me! You'd have to lock up just about every single sailor who every got shore leave in the far east on that one.

You have to be married to commit adultry. It's probably falling under the more general heading of "conduct unbecoming" at that.

[karajorma]

Maybe I shouldn't have used the word single

[NGTM-1R]

You know, I didn't even interpret it that way until you said it.

[Ford Prefect]

I, for one, think the military would do well to wax a little Dionysian. Maybe they'd stop frowning and yelling all the time.

[Flipside]

'Green and Brown? With these shoes? Not a chance luvvie!'

[Taristin]

****ing ridiculous is all I have to say on this matter.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

Fred Phelps is going to have a field day over that

Fred Phelps needs to be shot. Repeatedly. In the face.

Yes, he is a rotten crazy bastard.  But I would think it would be better to for him to die of natural causes, and then find himself being judged for his hateful ways.  Imagining him cry out "how was I WRONG?!?" in front of his dear fluffy Lord is much more satisfying for me than imagining him riddled in the face with bullets.

EDIT: On the subject of the porn, I have to say I'm dissappointed in them.  They shouldn't have done that, they should have just kept their practices to themselves.  All this is is more fuel for an already out of control fire.

[Taristin]

EDIT: On the subject of the porn, I have to say I'm dissappointed in them.  They shouldn't have done that, they should have just kept their practices to themselves.  All this is is more fuel for an already out of control fire.

If they were involved in heterosexual porno videos, would you make that same complaint?

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

EDIT: On the subject of the porn, I have to say I'm dissappointed in them.  They shouldn't have done that, they should have just kept their practices to themselves.  All this is is more fuel for an already out of control fire.

If they were involved in heterosexual porno videos, would you make that same complaint?

Ah, hell, you called me out.  Let me say first of all, I am not anti-gay, I'm only anti-sodomy.  And the point I was trying to make in that comment was that there are a lot of nut jobs like Fred Phelps out there who will use this to further their agendas.  I didn't mean to upset anyone, I tend to word things a little poorly when I write my opinion.

[Solatar]

I would...

EDIT: This was in response to Raa's post directly above this one. Would like to clarify that I just don't like the idea of soldiers in porn videos (of any kind).

Of course I don't like the idea of soldiers torturing people perversely either...

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

I would tend to agree, apparently this was more important to them than their military careers.   But that was their decision, and I will respect that.  That's what free will is for.

[Solatar]

Well, I respect their free will to make the decision, I just think the decision to bring even more shame on the US military was a poor one. If they weren't soldiers, I'd go with the "I'll fight to the death your right to say it" proverb. But meh, just discharge 'em/demote them. That's all that needs to happen. It's like if somebody does something bad in a school, you punish them. The matter's settled already I think.

[Ford Prefect]

I am not anti-gay, I'm only anti-sodomy.

Yeah, and I'm not anti-music, just anti-instruments.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

I am not anti-gay, I'm only anti-sodomy.

Yeah, and I'm not anti-music, just anti-instruments.

Are you trying to tell me that it's not possible for two men to be in a loving relationship without sex?  Because if that is the case, I have been carrying serious delusions.