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Should the forces stay out of pride month?
UK armed forces personnel from the Army, Royal Navy and RAF regularly march in London Pride parades in uniform alongside rainbow flags and official LGBTQ+ military networks. This occurs each June amid ongoing recruitment shortfalls, with critics highlighting it as a distraction from combat readiness while supporters view it as promoting inclusion to broaden the recruitment pool.
5 Opinions
Police and armed forces should stay non political.
Pride is not about gay rights anymore, which are now largely accepted by all. It champions a number of specific political viewpoints such as trans 'rights' and public displays of sexual fetishes that are not about equality but about forcing people to accept these contentious views or be branded a bigot. The armed forces should be politically neutral like the police, serving without fear or favour.
Official institutions should be professional and impartial in all respects, neither for nor against any creed, belief or ideal. Only with a clinical and impartial mind can they perform their duties to the standards expected of them.
The whole public services should be apolitical. Police, judiciary, army, NHS, Civil Service, education and so on - all should be neutral and serve all the society. Individuals can have their preferences outside the work. Meantime left unopposed pushing their agenda through all institutions.
Like the police, the armed forces should be there for every citizen. To protect them without fear or favour. Supporting or championing any specific group risks favouring them. The armed forces should be completely impartial.