As reported at the left-leaning Think Progress, Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz seemed to support reinstating some sort of ban on homosexuals serving in the US military:

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz told Iowa voters on Tuesday that he wants to reassess whether gays, lesbians, and transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military, saying the armed forces should not be treated “like a cauldron for social change” with the government “trying to pursue sexual identity politics.”

Cruz also noted the impact this “cauldron” is having on military religious freedom.

Regarding further “social change” — open service by those who describe themselves as “transgender” — the article implied it was a foregone conclusion actively supported by the military, saying

Obama has consulted with military commanders who approve of lifting the ban on transgender people in the military…

For his part, Cruz noted what military leaders say in public isn’t always what they really think:

“One of the problems with the Obama Pentagon is that it’s been politicized,” [Cruz] said. “When commanders speak with you privately, their perspective on the department, it’s different from what they say publicly…”

For a group that makes up a minute fraction of the US population, those who ascribe to “LGBT” preferences seem to monopolize a substantial amount of the conversation on politics and the military.

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