{"id":40775,"date":"2017-05-05T00:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40775"},"modified":"2017-05-05T01:01:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T04:01:53","slug":"gen-boykin-speaks-out-in-defense-of-mark-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/05\/gen-boykin-speaks-out-in-defense-of-mark-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Boykin Speaks Out in Defense of Mark Green"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secretary of the Army nominee<\/a> Mark Green, who already enjoys the support of Secretary of Defense James Mattis<\/a>, recently had retired LtGen Jerry Boykin speak up in his defense<\/a> [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, an executive vice president at the Family Research Council, said Green has had the courage to stand up in a politically correct environment and state his religious views.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think there is any question that he is being targeted for his Christian faith<\/strong>,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Green, as a former soldier and Army surgeon, has great qualifications to be secretary and is a candidate who already understands troops, Boykin said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is telling that none of Green’s critics have cited any issues with his actual qualifications<\/em> — rather, they have taken issue<\/a> with Green publicly speaking his religious beliefs.<\/em> To date, though, nothing Green has said that has been held up for derision (primarily by LGBT advocates) has been inconsistent with tenets of the Christian faith.\u00a0 (People may not like<\/em> those beliefs, but Green cannot be prohibited from government service merely because<\/em> of those beliefs, according to the US Constitution.\u00a0 US troops currently serve<\/a> under the same protections.)<\/p>\n

And that fits the man, as he is a Christian first:<\/p>\n

“I look at life sometimes as a believer in Christ, sometimes as a leader in a church but a believer of Christ, and sometimes as, I’m a CEO of healthcare company, so I put that hat on, but I’m still a believer in Christ, and then I’m a state senator,” Green told a church group in 2015.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For his part, Gen Boykin, apparently noting the observation here<\/a> that Green has many homosexual critics but few Christians speaking in his defenses, said it was time for people to get off their duffs:<\/p>\n

“What would you expect [in qualifications] that is not already present there?” he said. “It’s time for somebody to step forward and say, ‘I support this man.’<\/strong>“<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems some Senators might need to get a call — as well as a few silent-to-date Christian organizations.<\/p>\n

With more criticism at CNN<\/a> and the Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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