Federal judge backs Trump’s transgender military ban
A federal judge in Maryland cleared the way Thursday for the Trump administration to implement broad restrictions on transgender people serving in the military.
U.S. District Judge George Russell rescinded an earlier order that he had issued to bar the administration from putting its policy in place.
The case in Maryland was filed days after Trump formally ordered the Pentagon to ban the recruitment of openly transgender people.
I never thought I would miss the days of “Don’t ask…Don’t tell”.
American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Joshua Block, the lead attorney for the transgender service members in Maryland, said the ruling Thursday does “concrete, severe harm.” Block called it “particularly outrageous and irrational” that the government would not accommodate five of his clients who were on the cusp of enlisting or being commissioned as officers.
“It’s petty, and it is disappointing when you drill down to the level of real people who are making career plans,” he said.
All those poor people on the cusp of joining are just going to have to act as if they have a pair.
The Trump policy reverses an Obama administration rule that allowed transgender men and women to enlist and instead bars entry those who identify with a gender different from the one assigned at birth and who are seeking to transition with medical assistance. The Trump administration’s policy also makes exceptions for about 900 transgender individuals who already are serving openly and for others who say they will serve in accordance with their birth gender.
Russell’s order lifts the preliminary injunction he issued in November 2017. Three other courts – in California, Washington state and the District of Columbia – also had issued injunctions.
I guess this means I will hold off on my investment in pantyhose stock. This is a prance in the right direction…900 to go.
Source: Federal judge backs Trump’s transgender military ban
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Ya know, when DADT was still in place when I was a recruiter, my schpeil was easy when going over the policy: “I can’t ask if you’re gay, you can’t TELL me if you’re gay, the only dick you should ever touch is your own and for God’s sake, never hold one in your mouth, even until the swelling goes down.”
Sigh…simpler times.
Yeah, but did you ask if they were willing to learn?
https://youtu.be/iD_t4JxHabY
Cusp of…meaning they never had any intention of actually joining, they just wanted to stir the fucking pot.
Standards exist for a reason, boys and girls, and try not to confuse which is which, mkay?
No, they saw this as a way to get their gender bent at government expense. That genital mutilation surgery is very expensive.
And I’m sure the docs/corpsmen here will confirm the drugs they need to take make them pretty much non-deployable forever.
Yeah, the less spent on addadicktomes, the more for border walls.
They wanted to stir the pot, now they need to be forced to lick the spoon!
Right. The ACLU going to press for the “rights” of people to enlist who have flat feet, asthma, or schizophrenia?
If you want to serve, then serve with the weapon you were issued at birth. You can chop one off and have one sewn on, but you are still genetically what you were born. Five hundred years from now if an anthropologist digs up your bones, you WILL be IDed as you were born. Don’t expect me to pay for or accommodate your “change.” I’m wid you Dave…”900 more to go.”
I’ve always respected the rights of individuals to live as they please free from discrimination however , when it comes to the military I feel that the transgender issue would create an undue burden on the services. It simply creates a lot of issues when it comes to tricare paying for gender reassignment surgery., the height and weight and PT standards , If you got a big male doing female PT standards , he’s gonna max it every time but maybe to fat for a female weight standard. It creates a lot of issues I mean yeah it would be nice to say they won’t get harassed or beaten while in but this is the real world ! It may be a thing. Too many moving parts. At least with DADT there were no major accommodations that sacrificed readiness. Just sayin. And what about the psychological effects of say , someone who has changed their gender. It goes well for some, others have real issues mentally. How would that play out if you’ve got those issues and you get deployed. ? These are questions I think the military has asked and the president as well, and if you look at it from a readiness standpoint it’s prob not worth it. This takes nothing away from those with gender dysphoria. Who , like I said are free to live how they want in the civilian world. I just believe that it would only serve as a distraction in the military and would cause an unneeded readiness issue.
I just want to add that I do respect their desire to serve , as I do anyone . To me that’s a helluva lot more than somebody who would rather trash our country , flag , and military. that speaks volumes about who they are. And a reason for me not to bash them
Tranny’s have the highest rate of suicide in America.
They spend their entire lives hating themselves and consequently everybody else that won’t give them what they want.
To push that shit on children is nothing short of child abuse. Those kids will be on Prozac and other happy psychotropics for the rest of their lives.
Agreed. That speaks to my point about psych issues becoming an issue as far as post deployment or just the stress of military life. If they take ppl already suicidal or predisposed due to gender dysphoria. Is it really fair to them to let them join ? Good point bro
Last I checked, suicidal thoughts or ideations were a bar to enlistment, never mind actually attempting it.
Given the fact that 45-50% of 16-24 y/o transgenders have attempted it by their own admission, I would probably be pretty close to correct in assuming that pretty near 100 fucking percent have seriously thought about offing themselves at some point.
So they got that going for them, which is nice.
Well, Bradley is stioll with us but his problems keep keeping on.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6783661/Manning-faces-possible-contempt-charges-WikiLeaks-probe.html
Yep, IT IS back in jail, this time for Contempt of Court, I wonder if Bubba & Thor gave gotten ahold of him yet?
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/chelsea-manning-custody-refusing-testify-secret-grand-jury/story?id=61556616
Something about, “good order and discipline.” Yes, I definitely remember reading that somewhere.
When ANYONE puts themselves before the overall mission, they need to go. Period. All fucking stop. EOM.
“Too many moving parts.”
Pun intended, NCF? HA!
Was wondering if someone would catch that !
Discrimination in this case would be singling someone out over an immutable physical characteristic. Applying consequences to conscious decisions is not discrimination. The ban, as written, does not affect anyone with gender dysphoria who agrees to serve as their actual gender (what they do to/with their junk after leaving the military being their own business). Ergo, the trans ban is not discriminatory.
A lot of noise made in spite of an almost sure outcome. There has never been a legitimate justification for trannies being allowed to enlist/be commissioned for exactly the same reasons that other individuals with diseases and/or mental issues are precluded from enlisting/being commissioned.
It’s not the NBA’s fault that I’m too short to play professional bball. And they shouldn’t have to accommodate me if I decide that I wanna be a star.
Spud Webb. Mugsy Bogues. If you had the talent and the will, you could have made it. Bad example.
Wasn’t really trying to paint the complete picture – I also have so little talent that no amount of practice would overcome it. So, no, it’s really not a bad example.
Point being that standards are useful as are having realistic expectations.
The lefties are out for Martina Navratilova’s blood because she pointed out that any dudelooklikealady in women’s tennis will generally dominate female opponents.
Somewhere in America there’s a transgender, trisexual, dwarf Amazonian crying because of the bad news from their recruiter.
So does this make it okay to respond with “I really just don’t give a damn” when one of The Them gets in your face about it? Just askin’. I like to keep up with things.
See, that’s what equality is about: You’re (insert group identifier here) and nobody really gives a shit.
But see, the little snowflakes don’t want acceptance. Not only do they want normal people to condone their choices (hint: never happen) but they also want to be “special”; aka attention whores.
You want to see a LGBTWTFOMGBBQ person truly lose their shit? Ignore them. Tell them you don’t give a shit and watch them go.
No. Not caring is no longer acceptable. You must actively support whatever, if you can figure out what whatever is this week.
Not caring apparently now proves that you are a bigot.
Wazzat? Could have sworn you wrote, “A federal judge in Maryland…”
There’s a Fed Judge in the PDRofMD that rolls rational, conservative and Constitutional? The hell you say!
To see where this transgender stuff is going, look no further than this 6’6″, muscular, 52 year old man playing girls collegiate basketball.
http://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/article/10170842/espnw-gabrielle-ludwig-52-year-old-transgender-women-college-basketball-player-enjoying-best-year-life
But isn’t not his size (or male musculature) that makes him so dominating, it’s his “conditioning”. Right…
I tell you, life ain’t easy for a boy named Sue!
The women’s events of the Olympics will soon be XY only.
How long will bio-XX types be willing to compete when the top trophies mostly go to bio-XY types?
Then what?
That’s what I said to my wife last night after reading that article. When our girls are in HS or college, there won’t be women’s sports any more. There’ll be men’s sports and men in drag calling themselves women.
Noise and seeking attention is what they are all about. In Little Rock the new mayor announced that an event where the governor was a speaker was also open to the LGBT community. Why did he feel a need to announce that? All they had to do is show up without their rainbow flag announcing “We’re queer and we’re here”. And, of course the female from birth of the species with flaming red hair to call attention to themselves.
Re pantyhose stock:
Just love the product on my girlfriend; can’t do without it.
John
Once again sanity prevails. I feel bad for this group of people, the burden of having your headspace completely out of sync with your physical body has to be a prime reason so many of them end up trying to commit suicide. That’s a terrible thing to happen to anyone, to think you’re in the wrong body and be miserable about your very existence. They should not get beaten up over these feelings, nor denied housing.
But the military isn’t a place to explore your delusions. There are job standards for a reason. If you can’t deploy due to your med requirements why should you be given a pass because you think you’re dick doesn’t belong on your body?
At the risk of repeating myself, if I dress up in a red suit and declare that I’m Santa I have no doubt that I’m headed to a 14-21 day psych hold at my local hospital for further evaluation. However if I dress up as the ugliest woman in my community and tell folks I want to cut off my dick and be called Vanessa all of society is just supposed to clap and applaud my “bravery”.
This is how I know I’m a fucking dinosaur, because I just can’t comprehend the distinction between the delusions.
Is it weird that I feel equally dinosaurish and haven’t hit 35 yet?
If I self-identify as a Navy O-6, do I get to board a warship whenever I feel like it and start barking orders? (I really am a captain, but not that kind).
If I self-identify as a pilot, does United have to let me fly a 767 full of passengers?
If I self-identify as Jeff Bezos, do I get to spend his money?
If I self-identify as Ron Jeremy, does that give me an equine-sized schlong?
If I self-identify as Prince William, do I get to bang Kate?
I suppose it all depends on how much progressives decide they need your vote.
WTF does “assigned at birth” really mean.
What a stupid saying.
How far we have fallen.