Virginian: Bar gays from National Guard

[unhappycamper]

Robert G. Marshall, R-of course


Virginian: Bar gays from National Guard
By Seth McLaughlin
The Washington Times
8:51 p.m., Sunday, December 19, 2010

ays from serving in the armed forces, a state lawmaker in Virginia plans to fight back with legislation that bars "active homosexuals" from serving in the Virginia National Guard.

Delegate Robert G. Marshall said the Constitution reserves states with the authority to do so and that he'll introduce a bill in the state General Assembly next year that ensures the "the effect of the 1994 federal law banning active homosexuals from America's military forces will apply to the Virginia National Guard."

"With the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell,' President Obama seeks to pay back his homosexual political supporters," the Prince William County Republican said, echoing a sentiment shared by many of the repeal's most ardent opponents. "This policy will weaken military recruitment and retention, and will increase pressure for a military draft."

"The Constitution never would have been ratified if states were not unqualified control of the militia, now called the National Guard," he said.

But Claire Gastanaga, legislative counsel for Equality Virginia, a gay-rights group, said the National Guard is a federal military unit subject to the same rules as other federal military units and that "any state statute seeking to set different standards for the Virginia National Guard would be a nullity with no effect."


on edit to add: :(

[pgodbold]

1. President Obama seeks to pay back his homosexual political supporters

"With the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell,' President Obama seeks to pay back his homosexual political supporters,"

It's becoming harder to tell if the hate is Obama or LGBT based. There's a special place in hell for either.

Republican scum.

[noamnety]

2. I looked at his bio, couldn't find his military record.

Weird that they would have forgotten to include that on the house of delegates page.

Did find this on wikipedia: "In September 2007, State Senator John Watkins was overwhelmingly voted the chair of Virginia Commission on Immigration, 16-3. Marshall, however, refused to give up his interim chair and "panel members had to wrestle the gavel away from Marshall"."