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.
If only we could go back to Ask-Tell as it was before Clinton slimed his way into power.
Outstanding!!
GREAT NEWS!
Fixed it for ya'
Blessings on President Trump for taking this action.
“2% of the population leans gay...”
2% is too generous. I have lived in San Francisco, studied psychology and worked with hundreds of young adults 18-24. My guess is that 0.5% is an accurate number for the immature freaks with trauma issues who prefer to ignore the cause of same gender attraction rather than heal and become normal. Ex-homos are both brave and normal.
Why do the minority freaks seem to have power power to boss over the majority normal Americans? Simple lack of prayer by everyone.
Red alert: ShariaBlue caught posting fake rumors about Bannon/Kushner all over pro Trump channel. The goal is to alienate Trump's populist activist base.
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/64am42/red_alert_shariablue_caught_posting_fake_rumors/
Here’s a working link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/64am42/red_alert_shariablue_caught_posting_fake_rumors/
Apparently you can’t even pick up over-the-top comments as sarcasm. With a silly name like you’ve chosen at moniker, I gave you more credit. Never again, lol.
Thanks, Rita.
Thanks for the link. I didn’t know what Sharia Blue was and now I do. Yes, I’m pretty sickened by the garbage being posted about Trump and his family which is clearly fantasy, lol.
Agree with your ‘sickened,’ characterization. I spent some time yesterday exchanging views with a dump-on-Trump poster who believes the Leftist, lying communist-aligned Boston Globe is more credible than Trump’s inner circle. This same poster claimed Trump’s hand-picked spokesperson is the equivalent of Bagdad Bob. When you think about it, ‘garbage,’ is almost too kind a word to describe that kind of Hillary-supportive propaganda.
That degenerate muslim animal thinks he is going to get away with all of his crimes against the country.
It’s been sickening the last few days. There are a couple of ringleaders and they just spew.
‘There are a couple of ringleaders and they just spew.’
So true!
Great choice if Trump/Kushner will let him drain the cesspool that has become our Army of left wing social experiments.
Navy should be next we need rid of the same ilk Ray Mabus.
This is the kind of thing I voted for, right here.
We hardly ever read of Freedom of Association anymore. Too many of us are afraid of being labeled racist, homophobic, etc. The circle of liberty dwindles.
Fanning was alright. I met him (briefly) in Jordan. He chatted with one of my warrant officers, gave him a SecArmy coin and “good-gamed” him (nah, I’m kidding about that one). He did seem surprisingly young to be a service secretary, but a lot of folks liked him in the job. I was ambivalent about him. His open homosexuality didn’t help his case in my eyes, of course. I could never quite shake the feeling that he would completely side with homosexuals on any topic due to his obvious bias, and that’s never a good feeling for a guy in charge to give off. Naturally, others can complain the inverse with this new guy, but, let’s face it—how many homosexuals are there really in the Army vs. plain old heterosexuals?
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