Pentagon officials say GOP's bigoted bills are hurting the military

[LetMyPeopleVote]

The US military is being hurt by the anti-gay laws being passed in MAGA controlled states

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https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/pentagon-officials-say-gops-bigoted-bills-are-hurting-military-rcna88445

At the Center for a New American Security’s annual National Security Conference on Tuesday, a high-ranking Air Force official explained that the nationwide wave of anti-LGBTQ laws passed by conservative lawmakers could hurt the military’s readiness.

“When I’m forced to move families from installations because their school will do nothing when their LGBT kid is being bullied — that worries me, because that’s distracting from the mission, that’s detracting from our readiness,” said Alex Wagner, assistant Air Force secretary for manpower and reserve affairs. Defense One, a news site focused on national security, was the first outlet to report the comments.

“If service members are thinking and concerned about the experience their kids are having, they’re not going to be focused on their jobs," Wagner said. "They’re not gonna be focused on their mission."

Seems logical, right? If military folks are worried about weirdo lawmakers obsessively finding ways to target their kids, they're not going to be able to do the important stuff we expect them to do ... like, y'know, protecting the nation.

[Freethinker65]

1. But they are scaring undereducated GOP voters manipulated by fear, so fair trade off.

[Solly Mack]

2. They're not going to reenlist either.

Retention is important to securing the nation.

[BootinUp]

3. about another year and 5 months of this shit. nt

[riversedge]

4. The Repugs entire strategy across the USA is to instill FEAR!! They will not stop IMHO

[JT45242]

5. Maybe putting all those bases in secessionist states and naming them after traitors was a bad idea

Seriously, we put a lot of bases in segregated areas and had the same problems 70 years ago....who would possibly think that states with viable KKK and other hate groups would bring hate to bear on other groups.

We never should have put so many bases in the former confederate states. Sell off and close some of them and consolidate.

[tanyev]

7. +1

[pecosbob]

6. There's a growing list list of ways the GOP is hurting military readiness.

They seem to spend a lot of time and energy on aiding external enemies of the U.S. these days.

[Old Crank]

8. Start closing down

These states bases. Move the troops somewhere else.
Stop giving these hate merchants money.

[JHB]

9. A lot of those bases are located where they are thanks to decades-old political deals

Seems like it's time for some new deals to relocate those bases and the jobs that go with them.

[Ligyron]

10. Why are these obviously unconstitutional laws not being challenged and overturned in court?

There are a few instances I know but considering the volume of hate laws being passed I suppose I just haven't heard much about it.

In the 60's and 70's there were restrictive and unconstitutional laws being struck down one after another it seemed. Now, I guess maybe the GOP has been able to install so many fascist judges that it's hard to get around them.

[JHB]

11. That was precisely the point of installing those RW judges

[republianmushroom]

12. Well they are not helping America in any way that I see, either.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. A Space Force leader said anti-LGBTQ bills are creating barriers that pose a "threat to our readines

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