There's a news story today that president Obama is going to lift the ban sometime this summer on having transgenders serve in the military. I wonder what will come next.
Consider that news for a moment. For the last number of years, we have been told over and over again that Obama and his administration is pushing hard to reduce the number of sexual assaults in the military. Now given the source, I am not sure if there really are many sexual assaults in the military, but let's assume that it is true. Does it strike you that the best way to reduce sexual assaults is to put soldiers who are physically female but who identify as male into all male barracks? How about aboard navy ships that may be at sea for months on end? Does it make sense to have a physically female sailor sleeping in the crews' quarters with all those young men? Now some would say that the remedy for this is to put the transgenders into the quarters with those of the same physical sex. That would prevent sexual assaults. It would also anger the entire LBGT community and would be directly counter to Obama's edict sent to school systems regarding bathrooms, locker rooms and showers.
It just makes me wonder if there is anyone in the Obama administration who actually thinks things through before they act. I surely doubt it.
Consider that news for a moment. For the last number of years, we have been told over and over again that Obama and his administration is pushing hard to reduce the number of sexual assaults in the military. Now given the source, I am not sure if there really are many sexual assaults in the military, but let's assume that it is true. Does it strike you that the best way to reduce sexual assaults is to put soldiers who are physically female but who identify as male into all male barracks? How about aboard navy ships that may be at sea for months on end? Does it make sense to have a physically female sailor sleeping in the crews' quarters with all those young men? Now some would say that the remedy for this is to put the transgenders into the quarters with those of the same physical sex. That would prevent sexual assaults. It would also anger the entire LBGT community and would be directly counter to Obama's edict sent to school systems regarding bathrooms, locker rooms and showers.
It just makes me wonder if there is anyone in the Obama administration who actually thinks things through before they act. I surely doubt it.
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