Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
It is part of executive government or at least falls under the (direct) command of it. How can it be non-political?
It is the responsibility of the commander-in-chief to ensure it remains non-political, otherwise he could use it for all sorts of his own ends.

It's kind of like the relationship the Church of Scotland has with the Queen as head of state - although it has established status, the church/state are still forbidden from interfering with each others affairs.

Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
It remains astonishing. Pretty much the entire modern US anti-gay movement was/is ran by confused, guilt-ridden gays.
Yeah it's got to the point where there's a clear trend and it can't be denied... still, I think this is some sort of weird US cultural thing though, never noticed the same thing this side of the water.