Cempaka Belanda: Gays in the Dutch army, no problem

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"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

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“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Gays in the Dutch army, no problem

RNW, 1 December 2010

(photo: Flickr/rsambrook)

"As long as you don't make it too obvious, there is no real problem being homosexual in the Dutch army" says Major Peter Kees Hamstra, chairman of the Homosexuality and Armed Forces Foundation. Radio Netherlands Worldwide asked him to write a piece about his response to the proposition: gays in the Dutch army, no problem.

It would be nice if I could answer with an outright 'yes' but it's more complicated than that...

Happily, you can in general function perfectly well in the Dutch military as a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person but it wasn't always that way. Up until the 1970s there was a ban on homosexuality.

Kissing in public

Even after that there was still a great deal that needed doing. In the late 1970s a homosexuality working party was set up in order to make it possible to discuss the issue. The aim was to increase acceptance and create a safe working environment. However, they failed to get a proper foothold at senior levels of the defence ministry. A number of working party members then set up Homosexuality and Armed Forces as a foundation in 1987.

Research carried out in recent years shows that acceptance of homosexuals has increased from 50 percent in the early 1990s to 90 percent. However, it's worth noting that as gays, lesbians and transgender people have become more visible, kissing in public for example, acceptance has suddenly tapered off.

A new policy has been adopted within the armed forces: discrimination is not allowed and training courses have to focus attention on the subject of homosexuality.

Pink Saturday

Peter Kees Hamstra
(photo: Robert Koelewijn)

It is now possible for the foundation to become much more visible and to act as a role model. These days our organisation takes part in Pink Saturday, for instance, and has sailed in the Gay Pride Canal Parade twice. What has also been fruitful is collaboration with the Company Pride Platform, pink networks at other ministries, other uniformed government services and AFMP the military trade union.

We have been asked for our commentary by foreign media and an international working party has now been set up with other NATO member states - a coalition of the willing, as it were. The aim is to involve more and more countries and eventually become a formal sub-committee within NATO.

Don't Ask Don't Tell

In May we were asked by the University of Denver's Palm Centre and the Brookings Institute to take part in the Brookings Summit, the theme of which was the US army's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.

The symposium made it clear that in the six participating countries homosexuality does not cause problems relating to operational deployment and group cohesion. In the United States they are afraid it could have a negative effect on operations. Knowledge and experience have shown this fear is completely ungrounded.

The SHK hopes the ban on homosexuality will soon be lifted in the US army too. Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people must have the right to serve openly in the armed forces. This will benefit both the organisation and the people. Our motto is: "Gay rights are human rights".

Ending Don't Ask Don't Tell

Research carried out by the Pentagon shows that ending Don't Ask Don't Tell needn't cause problems within the US army. "We are convinced the US military can adjust and accommodate" according to the report of the Defense Department's Comprehensive Review.

The report published on Tuesday shows that 70 percent of respondents do not expect problems if the army's ban on open homosexuality is ended. The researchers polled 400,000 servicemen and women and 150,000 partners of service personnel.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates added, however, that the military will need time to prepare for this change.

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About the Challenges of Being a Gay Man – Oct 23, 2010 (Saint Germain channeled by Alexandra Mahlimay and Dan Bennack) - “You see, your Soul and Creator are not concerned with any perspective you have that contradicts the reality of your Divinity – whether this be your gender, your sexual preference, your nationality – or your race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, or anything else.”