Posted on 11/01/2013 2:40:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Georgia National Guard this afternoon indicated it intends to ignore a directive from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and will continue to send same-sex spouses of National Guard personnel elsewhere for benefits guaranteed by the Pentagon.
Here's the statement received late Friday from Joseph Quimby, deputy director of public affairs for the state Department of Defense:
The State of Georgia does not recognize same sex marriages and is not authorizing the Georgia National Guard to process the applications for same-sex married benefits at state facilities. Any personnel seeking to apply for same-sex married benefits will be referred to federal facilities.
The statement was in response to this piece by the Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday sharply criticized U.S. states that are defying the Pentagon by refusing to allow National Guard facilities to issue ID cards that enable same-sex spouses of military members to claim benefits.
"This is wrong," Hagel said in a speech in New York....
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
Yes, I saw it.
My response was more towards the other poster. Soryy if it wasn’t clear.
“...ANY person or government that wants to register your guns really wants to take them away....”
In order for Person A to take something away from Person B, Person B first must be willing to give it up.
If Person A goes to forceful coercion, Person B has every right to resist - by any means necessary.
Too many good, decent people DIED for this to be given up or given away with pain.
Remember who WE are, who our ancestors were, and why they came here; and more importantly, what they were willing to do - and DID - to SECURE it.
Kinda makes everything crystal clear.
Oops..
“or this to be given up or given away withOUT pain.”
These is a thread today about Obama sending troops back Iraq...
With these bastards I would not be surprised the nine states that are opposing same-sex benefits, those NG units will be called up first...as punishment...
I’ll believe that when Gov. Perry of Texas dispatches his National Guard to the Texas borders to stop 0bama’s willful influx of illegals to turn the state blue.
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