Posted on 04/08/2017 7:07:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. President Donald Trump has selected a Christian conservative and ex U.S. Army flight surgeon Mark Green to succeed former "out" homosexual U.S. Army Secretary Eric Fanning.
Ex-Army officer and West Point alumnus Mark Green is said to be Trump's top nominee for the post that is currently held by Fanning, reported The Tennesean. Green was part of the Army's special operations team that took former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 2003.
He left the Army in 2006 and went to build and become CEO of AlignMD, a medical staffing firm until 2016 when it was acquired by American Physician Partners. He is currently a senator in the Republican Party for the state.
The nomination comes as a surprise as Green is said to eye Tennessee's governor post in 2018.
While his nomination by the president would still require approval from the Senate, his confirmation for the post would keep him out of the running for the 2018 gubernatorial race.
Meanwhile, news of his nomination was met with apprehension by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The American Military Partner Association (AMPA), the country's biggest network of LGBT military spouses and relatives have expressed their worry over the conservative Christian's impending appointment.
"We are deeply concerned over reports that Mark Green will be nominated as Secretary of the Army," AMPA President Ashley Broadway-Mack told LGBT Weekly. "Green has made a shameful political career out of targeting LGBT people for discrimination. All soldiers and their families, including those who are LGBT, should have confidence that the Secretary of the Army has their back and is working for their best interest," she added.
Broadway-Mack recalled the senator's former tirades against the LGBT community, which deems him as someone who "cannot be trusted to ensure all those who serve have the support they need and deserve."
In January 2017, Green file the SB 127 bill that states, "A government entity shall not take discriminatory action against a business entity on the basis of the internal policies of the business entity, including, but not limited to, personnel and employee benefit policies that are in compliance with state law."
Many believed the bill was targeted at the LGBT community and the Human Rights Campaign group denounced it.
Fanning, whom Green will replace as Secretary of Army, is the first openly gay person to hold the post. Fanning was appointed by then-President Barack Obama in 2016.
Hey Ashley Broadway Hyphen, G-d, you know, the Creator, King of the Universe has been forbidding and condemning LGBT behavior for the last 6,000 years. Wake up! It’s later than you think! It will not go well for you in the Judgement.
I just wanted to show up and compliment President Trump on his decision...
Good. And bring back “Don’t ask don’t tell.”
Well that’s quite a headline from the “Ecumenical News”. No bias there and it’s great news and yes bring back DADT.
The Never-Trumpers will go back into their holes in the ground (think Tremors) until the next time the MSM convinces them that Pres. Trump screwed up.
Only question should be is whether he has the ability, character and desire to do the job.
If yes, then fine.
Guess that evil, sniveling, wicked, designer-wearing flak jacket Democrat monster from hell, Jared Kushner,
Please dont be a moron. There is a plan. Jared is all in and laughing maniacally at your silly ass. Stick to your theater of the absurd.
This is good. Thanks be to God. Weighting down our endangered fighting men with abominable engineering in the name of politics and perverse social justice is outrageous.
There was nothing wrong with Don’t ask, don’t tell. It allowed homosexuals to serve so long as they didn’t make an issue out of it and act disruptively, IMHO.
Gay Army secretary clearly put in place to promote gays in the military, which might be OK, depending on who they are, and lesbians in combat, which, my lesbian Army vet neighbor tells me vehemently, is a truly terrible idea. “They can’t do it and they’ll endanger themselves and others.”
Any chance you think they will soon stop the mandated ‘transgendered’ annual training? Earlier generations would have never stood for weakening our troops like this. Have to admit, all the things done to divide and weaken individuals, families, communities, and us as a Nation have done a heck of a job. Praying and glad people are starting to wake up.
There was nothing wrong with Don’t ask, don’t tell. It allowed homosexuals to serve so long as they didn’t make an issue out of it and act disruptively, IMHO.
Correct! The fact that it worked is the very reason it had to be dismantled!
For a thespian you wouldn’t know satire if it hit you upside the head. Buy clues around here and drama someone else.
For a thespian you wouldn’t know satire if it hit you upside the head. Buy clues around here and drama someone else.
Good. Let this be an end to social engineering and political correctness. Get rid of the zampolits.
Have to wonder if the Dems won’t make another spectacle of themselves, a la Gorsuch, and,in his case,go on endlessly about how he isn’t gay enough. They need to speed up these appointments or Trump is still going to be trying to fill positions three years from now.
Yes. Unfortunately democRat sleeper cell of ivanka-jarred (the-enemy-within) is running trump now a days.
Good news! Tired of tyranny exerted by a fraction of the population especially in DoD.
Thanks, Mr. President.
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