This is because the military brass along with many in the government know that the Lt. Col is correct. Political Correctness has now officially conquered our military and our Constitution has lost.
If the Constitution is dead, it won’t be because an officer can’t pick which orders to obey (pre-deployment leave) and which to disobey (deployment) based on Internet rumors.
It will be from the moral weakness of a society that repeals DADT, which was already a weakening of morality. It will be from the moral weakness that accepts sex without marriage, and rewards the lazy with benefits taken by force from those working to provide for their families.
But not because an idiot believed the military should determine who the President of the USA is or is not...