{"id":39559,"date":"2017-01-13T00:20:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T03:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=39559"},"modified":"2017-01-13T02:52:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T05:52:54","slug":"secdef-nominee-gen-james-mattis-reassures-and-worries-lgbt-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/13\/secdef-nominee-gen-james-mattis-reassures-and-worries-lgbt-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"SecDef Nominee Gen James Mattis Reassures and Worries LGBT Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retired US Marine General James Mattis sat through hearings with the US Senate yesterday on the path to his confirmation as Secretary of Defense. Gen Mattis is hailed as a no-nonsense, non-political straight-talker, yet his answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee managed to create opposite<\/em> reactions from allies<\/em> in the\u00a0homosexual movement.<\/p>\n

Josh Israel at the left-leaning ThinkProgress declared “Defense nominee Mattis won\u2019t say<\/strong> if women and LGBT people should be able to serve<\/a>,” while the infamous Ashley Broadway of the military-gay advocacy AMPA issued a press release saying “General Mattis Indicates He Will Not Roll Back<\/strong> Open LGBT Military Service As Secretary of Defense<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Initially, the Military Partners and Families Coalition — the redundant homosexual advocacy group to the AMPA — agreed with ThinkProgress<\/a>, but under criticism finally posted video of Gen Mattis’ testimony and simply said “Decide for yourself<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Perhaps Gen Mattis is adept at political linguistic gymnastics after all.<\/p>\n

More objectively, the Stars and Stripes decided Gen “Mattis backs women in combat<\/strong>, NATO alliance<\/a>” — and omitted the reference to homosexuals.<\/p>\n

Finally, Senator Ted Cruz — who sits on the SASC — praised Gen Mattis<\/a> for his resistance to political correctness and his stated support for religious liberty [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

I am encouraged by Gen. Mattis’ stated commitment to stopping the culture of political correctness in the military<\/strong>, which distracts our military leadership from its No. 1 mission of defending our country. He\u00a0has also affirmed his belief in the free exercise of religion<\/strong> as a founding principle of our nation.<\/p>\n

I could not agree more, and I am confident that the general will reverse the Obama administration’s outrageous hostility toward religious freedom in the military<\/strong>, including ceasing cases of punishing military chaplains for expressing their beliefs<\/strong> while doing their jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We live in interesting times.<\/p>\n

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