Targeted: Discrimination in the U.S. Military

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Fueled by Trumpian rhetoric, American "patriots" often invoke the name of God as they seek to prohibit others from serving in the armed forces.

NOTE: Due to a technical oversight (my error), this week's audio is a bit overmodulated. It'll be corrected for next week.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one.
0:04.6	The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea.
0:10.6	The population of atheists in this country is going through the room.
0:14.0	Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred.
0:18.6	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:22.4	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
0:25.7	And working together for a more rational world.
0:29.0	Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
0:31.0	Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.
0:35.6	Assume nothing.
0:37.3	Question everything. And start nothing. Question everything.
0:39.4	And start thinking.
0:42.2	This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews.
1:08.0	In this country, until the year 1993, military policy strictly forbade non-heterosexuals from serving in the armed forces.
1:16.1	1993, which is pretty much yesterday in this country's history.
1:22.6	And then in 93, the don't ask, don't tell policy was implemented.
1:32.0	Now, this only restricted non-heterosexuals from serving if they were open about their sexuality and sexual identity.
1:36.6	So the vibe was hush, hush, keep it under your hat.
1:38.5	Sure, it's nobody's business.
1:56.4	But if you are in some way public, especially if you're public about maybe, I don't know, a relationship or you're expressing yourself and what we consider to be a provocative way, then you can be investigated by military superiors.
1:57.5	Don't ask, don't tell.
2:07.0	Was repealed in 2011, allowing homosexuals and bisexuals to openly serve in the United States.
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