The U.S. Army is reportedly proposing a new policy that would allow soldiers to request a move to a new base if they believe they face discrimination from local or state laws on the basis of gender, sex, religion, race or pregnancy.
The move would change an existing policy that allows personnel to seek a move to help them cope with family problems.
In effect, it would allow soldiers to declare certain states to be too racist or homophobic for them to live there.
Sources with direct knowledge of the plans said the updated guidance was drafted in response to several state laws – but before a draft of a possible Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade was leaked.
They told Military.com that the policy would allow commanders to use ‘compassionate reassignment’ for cases of discrimination.
‘Some states are becoming untenable to live in; there’s a rise in hate crimes and rise in LGBT discrimination,’ Lindsay Church, executive director of Minority Veterans of America, told the news site.
The Army is reportedly considering a policy change to allow soldiers to request a move to a new base if they believe they face discrimination from local or state laws
Sources with direct knowledge of the plans said the updated guidance was drafted in response to several state laws which could be viewed as discriminatory
The Army is also preparing for states to ban abortion if Roe v Wade protections are overturned by the Supreme Court, as widely expected
‘In order to serve this country, people need to be able to do their job and know their families are safe.
‘All of these states get billions for bases but barely tolerate a lot of the service members.’
The move – which will still need approval from Army Secretary Christine Wormuth – will likely anger Republicans who have repeatedly criticized U.S. armed forces for becoming too ‘woke.’
In March the Army triggered controversy for lowering its fitness standards to be ‘more inclusive’.
It emerged it was changing several of its fitness test exercises – including the dreaded leg tucks – in favor of planks because about half of all female soldiers were unable to complete the exercise.
And last year, Sen. Ted Cruz accused the Pentagon of turning the military into ‘pansies’ when it launched a recruitment drive with an advert telling the story of a soldier who grew up with two lesbian mothers.
‘I’m enjoying lefty blue checkmarks losing their minds over this tweet, dishonestly claiming that I’m ‘attacking the military,” said Cruz after his comments went viral.
‘Uh, no. We have the greatest military on earth, but Dem politicians & woke media are trying to turn them into pansies.’
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