The Christian Left

Thank you for the great share, very true statement made.

I guess I can't get the combat veteran Marine with the tattoos because he doesn't fit the image the Marines are trying to create. Oh hell I'll settle for the girl who thinks they're a guy, a man with tattoos will never do!

I understand the sentiment but this issue goes far beyond who one is willing to accept help from when bleeding to death. I wouldn't care if the person saving me was a paraplegic either, but they aren't allowed to serve either. The issue with this, or any ban, is whether or not the force is strengthened or weakened by their serving. I'm not arguing either in this case but if the president and his advisors think transgendered people would weaken the force then it's the right call (or at least done with the right intention). And as I've said before, if their reasoning was because they hate transgendered people (or something similar) then they are wrong.