The White House on Monday announced that President Biden signed an executive order reversing certain Trump-era orders on transgender service in the military.
“President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” a fact-sheet released by the White House stated on Monday.
Biden’s order prohibits certain military actions taken against servicemembers because of gender-transitioning, such as “involuntary separations, discharges, and denials of reenlistment or continuation of service.” The new order allows troops to “serve in their gender when transition is complete.”
Trump first announced the transgender military ban in 2017. In Jan., 2019, the Supreme Court upheld the ban, but in the next month the Defense Department announced a new policy allowing for people identifying as transgender to serve in the military, under certain exceptions.
Under the revised policy, soldiers identifying as transgender could not have already transitioned from their biological sex. Further, they could not undergo gender-transition surgery while serving, and could not have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. They had to serve under their biological sex.
A 2016 assessment by the RAND Corporation estimated around 2,450 transgender active military personnel out of approximately 1.3 million members.
In 2017, when former President Trump first announced the administration’s decision to ban gender transitioning in the military, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, said the decision was correct but did not fully address “the dignity of the human person” in emphasizing the practical consequences of the policy, such as military readiness, over the spiritual consequences.
The Church teaches that human beings are created “in the image and likeness of God,” Archbishop Timothy Broglio stated, emphasizing that “personal choices in life, whether regarding the protection of the unborn, the sanctity of marriage and the family, or the acceptance of a person’s God-created biology, should be made not solely for a penultimate reality on this earth but in anticipation of the ultimate reality of sharing in the very life of God in heaven.”
The above comes from a Jan. 25 story on the site of the Catholic News Agency.
Diversity is not a strength, no matter how many times the left claims that it is. Excellence is a strength. Pursuit of diversity that overrides pursuing excellence is a weakness, not a strength.
“We can be diverse or we can be excellent.” This has been a problem attitude for decades. It is common especially in education.
Truer words were never spoken…..
How hard are the PLA of China and Russian Spetnatz laughing right now…..???
Who says we can not be both diverse and excellent? Why are they mutually exclusive?
Yugoslavia.
Bottom line…..government paid. Period. There goes your tax dollars. Father of lies is master of “confusion.”
The goal is to bankrupt America . Anything to waste money, crash the dollar, and bring us quickly to the new world order of global government and a global monetary system. America is the prize. They will use every means to quickly get us there, and they are.
Marie none of what you say is true. The policies of the last 4 years astronomically increased the national debt and made the ultra wealthy even more removed from those of us who work to support our families.
Keep your eye on the prize (Jesus)
Kristin, all of what I say is true. I was not just focused on the last 4 years. So I am agreeing that the debt is getting worse. I was speaking of the long range goals of those who have fallen into evil ways and have sold their souls. Yes they are wealthy. Those paying attention can read the signs like Jesus tells us. We have been watching for awhile at what is happening to the world and especially our country. I hope you reread my comments. There are so many examples, books could be written. But they are moving us to a one world socialist society, where a few are in charge. They use that wealth for evil. Please pray that the truth will be exposed, for we are living in sad times, for our economy will just get worse. So please prepare your family, but especially your soul. So no matter what happens you will still have the best gift, faith and Jesus.
Mikem – thank you for stating the obvious. As I read Mike Pompeo’s comments upon leaving office that multiculturism is “not who America is”, I was sadly reminded of how short sighted even some educated and successful people can be. Surely his Italian Catholic grandparents were not considered “American” when they arrived here. Any Catholic who pines for the good old days needs education in how most of our ancestors were assumed to be unable to integrate into the excellence of America.
Uh Julieta perhaps its you who needs an education the so called “diversity” that your ilk likes to harp on about has nothing to do with previous immigrants of various cultures. This “diversity” is a diversity of truth which is impossible, we have small sector of people dictating on what words can be used to described even if its biological lie. We are told by mobs ANYTHING white and European must be wiped out. You want see an example of multi-culti society…I give you Yugoslavia in the 1990’s
It is amazing how, no matter what the topic of the article, you incessantly post your theory of a pending cultural genocide. Do you sleep with a shotgun under your pillow? Do you take it to Mass? And the reference to Yugoslavia has nothing to do with America. Do you not know how the Irish were treated when our people first came here?
If you had any sense or understanding of history, you would know that my reference to Yugoslavia was the conflict that was caused balkanization of that country, just as we are balkanized. I guess you are another victim the public school systems which is more interested in “trans” bathrooms and teaching “tolerance” than teaching history.
You are right Marie. Just like the communist dog whistle “multiculturalism” was used to supplant the melting pot we used to be. You have obviously studied the communists for you see through to their hatred of God which is really and fundamentally what all this division and chaos is about.
Kristiin, all of what I say is true. I was not just focused on the last 4 years. So I am agreeing that the debt is beyond comprehension. I was speaking of the long range goals of those who have fallen into evil ways and have sold their souls. Yes they are wealthy. Those paying attention can read the signs like Jesus tells us. We have been watching for awhile at what is happening to the world and especially our country. I hope you reread my comments. There are so many examples, books could be written. But they are moving us to a one world socialist society, where a few are in charge. They use that wealth for evil. Please pray that the truth will be exposed, for we are living in sad times, for our economy will keep get worse. So please prepare your family, but especially your soul. So no matter what happens you will still have the best gift, faith and Jesus.