Navy’s quick condemnation of Capt. Owen Honors wins praise of gay rights groups
Military • January 2011 • Views: 665
The Navy’s quick condemnation and pledge to investigate videos in which a senior officer on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier used anti-gay slurs and mimicked masturbation won the praise of gay rights groups Monday.
Capt. Owen Honors, who commands the Norfolk-based USS Enterprise, starred in the videos that were aired on the ship’s closed-circuit television system in 2006 and 2007 when he was the ship’s second-in-command. In recent days, the videos have made Honors an unfortunate Internet sensation.