All hail the head queen.
Posted on 12/12/2014 7:38:34 PM PST by Morgana
The Obama administration is signaling its support for transgender people to serve openly in the military, in the barracks of their choice.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James summarized the position, saying, "Times change."
She told USA Today yesterday that the possibility of transgender service "is likely to come under review in the next year or so.”
James, who never served in the military, was appointed to a Defense Department position in the Clinton administration before being tapped to lead a branch of the service by Barack Obama.
“I don't believe this would be a positive step for military readiness at all,” Peter Sprigg, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council, told LifeSiteNews.
“The military has always considered gender identity disorder to be disqualifying for military service on mental health grounds, and I don't see any reason why they should change that policy,” he said.
He added that all the issues of allowing biological males access to the facilities of the opposite sex would be amplified “in the military world, where you have people living in close quarters, in intimate situations with very little privacy.”
“You have the potential for people who are biologically male but present themselves as female being housed with and using the same restroom, locker room, and shower facilities as people who are actually born female,” a circumstance women may find “legitimately disturbing.”
Advocates of channeling the federal government's resources to supporting sexual minorities reacted with joy at James' remarks. Ian Thompson of the ACLU said, "It is only a question of when, not if, the outdated, discriminatory ban on transgender troops will be lifted.”
Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told LifeSiteNews this spring that changing the policy “would have serious consequences” and “does not make sense for the military.” She warned that some transgender people may opt to join the military to receive sex-change operations paid for by the American taxpayer.
Sprigg said all “the slippery slope predictions we made” following the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell “are coming true – that it would simply be the first step toward the imposition of an even more radical social agenda upon the military.”
The Obama administration pivoted swiftly to the new cultural battlefront. Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel raised the possibility of open transgender military service with some hesitation during a May interview with ABC News, adding that it's “an area we've not defined enough yet.” The Washington Blade, a homosexual publication, reports that last May, “Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning, who’s gay, endorsed the idea of allowing transgender people to serve in the U.S. armed forces.”
Despite the atmosphere created by her remarks, transgender activists are not content to have military service receive lip service. Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Center (formerly the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military), said, "President Obama is the commander in chief and is ultimately responsible for setting policy, and it is imperative for him to clarify his position, as well."
That could lead the president to make yet another unilateral action. Sprigg noted that “the Obama administration may try to change this longstanding policy simply through executive order alone, or through administrative action.”
President Obama has frequently enacted transgender policies by executive fiat, sometimes reinterpreting laws barring sexual discrimination to apply to transgender people. A Texas court recently ruled against the assertion, saying federal law banning discrimination against women was not intended to cover gender identity.
Click "like" if you want to defend true marriage.
The Blade reports that a senior Pentagon aide told them that an internal review is unlikely at the moment, because of lack of pressure on the administration.
Yet an internal measure is the most likely path forward. There is little support allowing transgender people to serve in the military, inside or outside Congress. The policy has been endorsed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi – as well as Congressmen Scott Peters, Susan Davis, Loretta Sanchez, and Niki Tsongas and former Georgetown contraception activist Sandra Fluke. None have served in the military, although Davis and Tsongas lived in military families.
“I think as dramatic a change as this really should be subject to Congressional decision making,” Sprigg said.
James, who never served in the military, was appointed to a Defense Department ..
When I was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an Attorney’s firm.
I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor,
And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
Chorus.
He polished up the handle of the big front door.
Sir Joseph.
I polished up that handle so carefullee
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen’s Navee!
***
Now landsmen all, whoever you may be,
If you want to rise to the top of the tree,
If your soul isn’t fettered to an office stool,
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule.
Chorus.
Be careful to be guided by this golden rule.
Sir Joseph.
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be rulers of the Queen’s Navee!
Chorus.
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,
And you all may be rulers of the Queen’s Navee!
Read more: http://artists.letssingit.com/gilbert-and-sullivan-lyrics-when-i-was-a-lad-qhk7x3g#ixzz3LkMgYSxW
LetsSingIt - Your favorite Music Community
The MISSION didn’t change!!
The fascists who insist on undermining our Military and using it to promote a sick social experiment have changed!
Not another DOD agency run by one of Obama’s Political Correct/Anal Retentive female. All of them have been failures from Napolitano to Sebelieus, Lerner and Rice, etc.
No wonder our enemies are laughing at us.
Just imagine a transgendered soldier trying to figure out whether to wear a combat dress or fatigues while the enemy is attacking.
Or, gee, does this dress go with my torpedo?
Enough of this planned destruction of our military.
Shouldn’t the insane be allowed to serve also?
Who said that? Romney?
Did i wake up in Bizzaro Land?
Yep, Romney.
Here is another part of the letter as he describes himself as to the left of Ted Kennedy on gay issues.
“”I am not unaware of my opponent’s considerable record in the area of civil rights, or the commitment of Massachusetts voters to the principle of equality for all Americans. For some voters it might be enough for me to simply match my opponent’s record in this area. But I believe we can and must do better. If we are to achieve the goals we share, we must make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will.””
Here is the letter.
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/RomneyLogCabinLetter.pdf
These people are mentally ill...period. It shows how much common sense has disintegrated that their sickness is celebrated and children are being encouraged to select their own sex. Now this.
The PC lunatics spreading this garbage need to be held acccountable.
Freak-show military for a freak-show nation.
Really getting so hard to give a damn about anything anymore. I don’t even recognize this country. It’s become like an insane-asylum, run by deviants. Makes me want to vomit. Am I really supposed to care anymore about the preservation of this republic? To care whether it lives or dies, or is attacked by outside forces?
Honestly, next time another 9/11 happens, I genuinely question as to whether I’ll be able to muster up any emotion or concern. This America has become so sick and depraved. Once the country started embracing homo-marriage, I just can no longer look at it the same way.
Deborah Lee James is insane and should be removed from office.
War doesn’t change.
It always has been, and always will be deadly serious business.
And then they wonder why the rank and file don’t trust their leaders.
No need for the simile.
Once the country started embracing homo-marriage, I just can no longer look at it the same way.
Actually, Roe v. Wade (1973) ended it for me. I did not like saying the Pledge of Allegiance after that time.
A job which requires its employees to be armed and dangerous is not a place for the mentally ill.
All hail the head queen.
This is crazy.
Any history buffs out there know if a parable or writings comparable to the history of Sodom and Gomorrah are found in other cultures? There is nothing new under the sun.
With this type of leadership. . . who is going to sign-up for the military?
Obama will just tell one of his federal District Court appointees to rule in favor of trannies in a case brought by some pervert.
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James. and there it is...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.