General: Obama’s transgender decree is harming the military
by Ben Johnson
CLEVELAND, July 20, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Joining a growing consensus of military leaders, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said President Obama’s decision to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military is bogging enlisted men down with irrelevant matters and social engineering.
"Too often, way too often, our troops are instead are distracted by trivial matters, trivial matters about what words to use, what terminology is politically correct and what bathroom door to open up,” he told the Republican National Convention in a prime time speech delivered on Monday. “My God, war is not about bathrooms. War is not about political correctness or words that are meaningless."
Flynn had been floated as a possible vice presidential candidate, but the party’s grassroots objected that the retired Air Force general was a registered Democrat who supported abortion-on-demand and redefining marriage, both positions at odds withthe 2016 Republican Party platform.
However, on this issue, he joins the majority of Republicans, as well as an increasingly vocal chorus of veterans who say the president’s transgender policy will harm military readiness.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the new guidelines on June 30, the last day of LGBT Pride Month. A new 18-page directive requires the military to establish the Service Central Coordination Cell (SCCC) to provide “assistance to commanders with regard to service by transgender Service members and gender transition in the military.”
The service will offer “extended leave” so that soldiers diagnosed with gender dysphoria at least 18 months earlier can transition to their “preferred gender.”
The policy, which is estimated to cost between $4 and $14 million each year, will begin being implemented on October 1.
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CLEVELAND, July 20, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Joining a growing consensus of military leaders, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said President Obama’s decision to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military is bogging enlisted men down with irrelevant matters and social engineering.
"Too often, way too often, our troops are instead are distracted by trivial matters, trivial matters about what words to use, what terminology is politically correct and what bathroom door to open up,” he told the Republican National Convention in a prime time speech delivered on Monday. “My God, war is not about bathrooms. War is not about political correctness or words that are meaningless."
Flynn had been floated as a possible vice presidential candidate, but the party’s grassroots objected that the retired Air Force general was a registered Democrat who supported abortion-on-demand and redefining marriage, both positions at odds withthe 2016 Republican Party platform.
However, on this issue, he joins the majority of Republicans, as well as an increasingly vocal chorus of veterans who say the president’s transgender policy will harm military readiness.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the new guidelines on June 30, the last day of LGBT Pride Month. A new 18-page directive requires the military to establish the Service Central Coordination Cell (SCCC) to provide “assistance to commanders with regard to service by transgender Service members and gender transition in the military.”
The service will offer “extended leave” so that soldiers diagnosed with gender dysphoria at least 18 months earlier can transition to their “preferred gender.”
The policy, which is estimated to cost between $4 and $14 million each year, will begin being implemented on October 1.
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Read more: www.lifesitenews.com
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