The US has gone through many historical changes in culture, namely in the recognition of 'rights'.
Women could once not own homes, or vote.
Minorities could for most of american history not learn to read , or write, or even name themselves, let alone vote or own or accumulate anything of worth.
there are other examples as well, discrimination that has been overcome , but we seem to be regressing quickly,,,,
I am seeing what almost seems like a regression or rebellion of this inclusive fabric that America was evolving into.
I hear the rationalizations for bans on people from 'certain' countries.-not certain people based upon their record, but people from certain countries REGARDLESS of their records,,,
I hear the rationalizations for banning transgenders from the military. Before it became more pc to mutilate your body and pretend to be the same as someone with a natural anatomy and to force(through political pressure) others to do the same, it was recognized as a type of confusion. Yet is it a confusion thats the same in everyone and to the same degree? If so, how have transgender people managed to serve honorably in the past?
We seem to be going back to a time when we attack and exclude groups of people from the 'american dream' merely because of the group to which they belong with no consideration to the character and BEHAVIOR of the actual individual themself. It is a scary time to wonder who will be next as we continue to rationalize and cheer it on,,,,,
Obama changed the Regulations last year June,as usual,by Fiat,weaseled change in the last moment!
Peruse the Regulations concerning Recruitment!
There is NO Right to serve in the Armed Forces!
Contrary to Leftists' dishonesty, the United States Armed Forces are entities that exist for only two reasons:
1. To afford protection for the citizens of the nation from violent foreign threats;
2. To mete out lethal and deadly force to those enemies.
All other tasks performed by our military, whether non-aggressive or not, are incidental and ancillary to those two charges. Simply put, they are defensive killing organizations.
The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and, Coast Guard are NOT social constructs or clubs. Neither are they governed by the same code of behaviors as civilians, nor should they be so regulated.
And, they certainly do NOT exist to provide free medical/surgical services to those suffering from psychological disorders.
If you have special medical needs, for whatever reason, then you can't serve. It doesn't mean you're not patriotic, worthy, or just gosh darned nice. It means you can't serve.
Whenever statistics and averages are used, we can count on some well-meaning but confused individual to trot out the exception as though that disproves the offending science and data.
Transsexuals have a 40% suicide rate and no, it's not because of bullying or any nonsense like that. Moreover, gender reassignment therapies do not lower this extraordinary high suicide rate by any meaningful amount. There are plenty of marginalized people who do not commit suicide at those rates. For example, the suicide rate amongst African-Americans is lower than for Euro-Americans and even the suicide rate amongst Native Americans is lower. In fact, other than transsexuals, suicide seems to be a 'white male privilege.'
Let's stop pretending these are normal well-adjusted individuals whose only problem is one solved by gender reassignment therapy. The fact is that they are unfortunate mentally ill people for whom a political redesignation or a change of wording in the DSM does not provide a cure. Why would we saddle our warriors and our war fighting institutions with these problems and concerns, when they should be focused on one thing and one thing only; defeating the enemy!? Yes, there are exceptions. Good for them. Making public policy based on the exception is foolish in the extreme.
http://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/disqualifiers-medical-conditions.html