Del. Marshall seeks to ban gays from Virginia National Guard

Dan82 · Dec 20, 2010

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/12/following_this_weekends_vote_b.html

Following this weekend's vote by the Senate to allow gays to openly serve in the military, Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince WIlliam) said he is drafting a bill for the 2011 legislative session that would ban them from serving in the Virginia National Guard.

"This policy will weaken military recruitment and retention, and will increase pressure for a military draft,'' Marshall said. "After 232 years of prohibiting active, open homosexuals from enlisting in our military, President Obama and a majority in Congress are conducting a social experiment with our troops and our national security...In countries where religions and cultures find homosexual acts immoral, the Obama administration's repeal policy will work to the detriment of all American troops in securing local cooperation with our nation's foreign policy goals."

The Senate's vote to repeal the 17-year-old federal ''don't ask, don't tell' policy came a week after the House approved it. President Obama has said he will sign the bill...

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Emberstone · Dec 20, 2010

Dan82 said: ↑

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2010/12/following_this_weekends_vote_b.html

Following this weekend's vote by the Senate to allow gays to openly serve in the military, Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince WIlliam) said he is drafting a bill for the 2011 legislative session that would ban them from serving in the Virginia National Guard.

"This policy will weaken military recruitment and retention, and will increase pressure for a military draft,'' Marshall said. "After 232 years of prohibiting active, open homosexuals from enlisting in our military, President Obama and a majority in Congress are conducting a social experiment with our troops and our national security...In countries where religions and cultures find homosexual acts immoral, the Obama administration's repeal policy will work to the detriment of all American troops in securing local cooperation with our nation's foreign policy goals."

The Senate's vote to repeal the 17-year-old federal ''don't ask, don't tell' policy came a week after the House approved it. President Obama has said he will sign the bill...

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that right there should be grounds to have him stripped from office. he cannot counter and overrule federal law.

utterly insane.

Tim · Dec 20, 2010

^ Pretty much what he said.

It won't get far. State laws cannot undermine federal laws.

Revan · Dec 20, 2010

What a fucking idiot >_>

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