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February 1, 2006
San Francisco Finds a Use For a Battleship
Posted by Dave Blount at February 1, 2006 11:59 AM
County supervisors nixed bringing the legendary WWII battleship Iowa to San Francisco as a tourist attraction, thereby taking a bold stand against the War on Terror, as well as the military's failure to promote homosexuality. But they might give the idea a second chance, now that advocates are promising to pair it with a privately funded dockside museum devoted to memorializing minorities in the military — with an apparent emphasis not on ethnic but on sexual minorities:
"Our feeling was that this would make it a better fit for San Francisco," said Jim Maloney, director of the Military Education Initiative, a group that supports the lifting of restrictions on gays in the military. "Adding in the component of LGBT service would be obviously quite unique," he said.
LGBT means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender. Yes, a museum dedicated to transgender troops would be (hopefully) quite unique — and certainly a good fit for San Francisco.
The plan would also entail an "annual peace symposium" being held on the Iowa — no doubt providing an excellent opportunity for liberal blowhards to bash the military from one of the ships used to secure their freedom.
The gay angle is actually a little bit relevant with the Iowa. In 1989, a shipboard explosion allegedly set off by a sailor who was in the dumps over a failed gay relationship killed 47 crew members.
Says Maloney: "That's a story that deserves to be told."
Hat tip: Wiggins
