Discussion: Trump Tells Mattis To Indefinitely Ban Transgender Recruits

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Most people who are getting shot at don’t have the time or inclination to worry about if the soldier, sailor or Marine next to them is gay straight or whatever. Tammy Duckworth said that when she was in the wreckage of her helicopter bleeding to death in Iraq she didn’t care if the people coming to save her were gay, straight, transgender or whatever. Her main concern was not getting left behind.
Good for Zinke’s daughter!

Mrs darr is a Navy veteran. Most of my extended family are veterans. If someone is willing to serve they should serve. One’s sexual orientation or gender notwithstanding.

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I understand plenty

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I follow his orders and he follows the orders of the President, that is how it works. The President has stated that those who are suffering from the mental illness called Gender Dysphoria are not going to be allowed to enter military service. It is pretty simply since we exclude many Americans who are suffering from all kinds of different mental illnesses from entering military service.