{"id":40971,"date":"2017-06-01T00:25:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T03:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40971"},"modified":"2017-06-30T00:36:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T03:36:28","slug":"us-navy-gets-out-in-front-of-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/01\/us-navy-gets-out-in-front-of-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy Gets Out in Front of President Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40974\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/navygaypride.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/navygaypride.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/navygaypride-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/navygaypride-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update<\/strong><\/span>: After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1201524\/defense-department-observes-lgbt-pride-month\/\">outcries of persecution<\/a> due to President Trump&#8217;s silence, the acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony M. Kurta\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1201524\/defense-department-observes-lgbt-pride-month\/\">issued a DoD gay pride month<\/a> celebration announcement.\u00a0 Ironically, this contradicts information posted on\u00a0the DEOMI website, which indicates the observance is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deomi.org\/human-relations\/special-observances.cfm?tabId=11\">established by Presidential Proclamation<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; which means the DoD is &#8220;celebrating&#8221; something that does not (yet) exist this year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The US Navy got out in front of its own commander Wednesday when it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/submit\/display.asp?story_id=100788\">issued a press release<\/a> celebrating homosexuality for the month of June &#8212; something the Commander in Chief, President Donald Trump, has yet to do:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Navy joins the nation in recognizing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month throughout June&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Navy needs men and women who are the right fit for the right job regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, creed or gender identity,&#8221; said Capt. Candace Eckert, Special Assistant for Inclusion and Diversity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice Capt Eckert didn&#8217;t include &#8220;religion&#8221; &#8212; but she did include three different variations of sex. That&#8217;s &#8220;diversity&#8221; in the Navy, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has yet to have his nominee for\u00a0Secretary of the Navy, <!--more-->Richard Spencer, confirmed. Obama&#8217;s head of the Navy Secretary Ray Mabus &#8212; who practically <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2016\/09\/15\/navy-secretary-equates-gay-heroism-with-medal-of-honor\/\">defined his legacy<\/a> by homosexuality in the Navy &#8212; resigned in January. Currently, the Navy is headed by career civil servants who essentially carry on the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat ironically, the Navy article linked to the DEOMI page that still has the LGBT Pride month materials from 2016 &#8212; because the DoD hasn&#8217;t <em>produced<\/em> any for 2017 yet.<\/p>\n<p>No word yet from the Air Force or Army, nor from the White House itself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: After outcries of persecution due to President Trump&#8217;s silence, the acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel Anthony M. Kurta\u00a0issued a DoD gay pride month celebration announcement.\u00a0 Ironically, this contradicts information posted on\u00a0the DEOMI website, which indicates the observance is &#8220;established by Presidential Proclamation&#8221; &#8212; which means the DoD is &#8220;celebrating&#8221; something that does not (yet) exist this year. 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