Our Military Can Conquer Iraq in 3 Weeks, But It Runs Away from the ACLU
Does it strike anybody besides me as a profoundly pathetic contrast that while our troops are battling Islamist jihadi terrorists overseas, here at home the Pentagon can't muster the courage to tell their domestic atheist Boy Scout-bashing counterparts to go pound sand?
American Legion National Commander Thomas P. Cadmus definitely noticed.
"The idea that sponsorship of Scouting by American military units is 'unconstitutional' goes beyond the absurd, even well past the point of stupidity," Cadmus wrote. "How is it the government can fund chapels on military bases, and Chaplains in the military, but not accommodate Scouting? Why is it that the rank of Eagle Scout is an attribute highly sought in candidates for military academies, but will soon become unwelcome on military bases? How is it the Congress can sanction Scouting by issuing them a federal charter, but the courts can declare them 'outlaws'?
"Is there no one in Washington, D.C., at the highest levels of government that will stand up for Scouts, for Scouting and support this movement that has long been an institution of highest reputation in America?" Cadmus asked. "Where's the President? Where's his Cabinet? Where's the Congress? What are the courts doing? Where is the outrage?
"For certain, outrage over this and other actions taken against the Boy Scouts of America in recent times is, today, reverberating through the ranks of The American Legion," Cadmus said.
"On behalf of the 2.7 million men and women of the Legion, I am asking you to hold the line of assault on the Scouts. Stand up to the ACLU. Find a way to give those who serve our nation the chance to serve their children. Do what is necessary to blend the private organization that Scouting is with the military organization of our Republic. It has been done freely and openly for almost 100 years – That's a precedent that cannot be disregarded."
Today came a story warning that the DoD's craven capitulation could have a detrimental impact on recruitment.
"Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told CNSNews.com Wednesday that with the Pentagon's new edict to military bases, a condition of settling a lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union, the military is sending the wrong kind of message.
"'I don't think the Department of Defense should endorse that mind-set [of ACLU] by making a deal or capitulating prior to litigation or taking a step that really would be, I think, very disturbing to the people who are the primary constituency of the military in terms of recruiting,' Donnelly said.
"Donnelly suggested that the Pentagon's decision to settle wouldn't be popular because 'people don't support the ACLU' and its attempt to 'eliminate ... expressions of religion by independent organizations' such as the Boy Scouts.
"A backlash is sure to happen, she said, from 'the people who support their sons and daughters in the decision to volunteer for the armed forces. The same type of families...would be very disturbed to see the Department of Defense cowed by the ACLU,' she said.
"'Is the Department of Defense now going to treat the Boy Scouts as some kind of a pariah organization, not worthy of any kind of support?' she asked.
Didn't we just have an election? Didn't "Jesusland" win? Is it too much to expect the most conservative of institutions to display the same size cajones in a DC court room as it is in the steets of Fallujah?
American Legion National Commander Thomas P. Cadmus definitely noticed.
"The idea that sponsorship of Scouting by American military units is 'unconstitutional' goes beyond the absurd, even well past the point of stupidity," Cadmus wrote. "How is it the government can fund chapels on military bases, and Chaplains in the military, but not accommodate Scouting? Why is it that the rank of Eagle Scout is an attribute highly sought in candidates for military academies, but will soon become unwelcome on military bases? How is it the Congress can sanction Scouting by issuing them a federal charter, but the courts can declare them 'outlaws'?
"Is there no one in Washington, D.C., at the highest levels of government that will stand up for Scouts, for Scouting and support this movement that has long been an institution of highest reputation in America?" Cadmus asked. "Where's the President? Where's his Cabinet? Where's the Congress? What are the courts doing? Where is the outrage?
"For certain, outrage over this and other actions taken against the Boy Scouts of America in recent times is, today, reverberating through the ranks of The American Legion," Cadmus said.
"On behalf of the 2.7 million men and women of the Legion, I am asking you to hold the line of assault on the Scouts. Stand up to the ACLU. Find a way to give those who serve our nation the chance to serve their children. Do what is necessary to blend the private organization that Scouting is with the military organization of our Republic. It has been done freely and openly for almost 100 years – That's a precedent that cannot be disregarded."
Today came a story warning that the DoD's craven capitulation could have a detrimental impact on recruitment.
"Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told CNSNews.com Wednesday that with the Pentagon's new edict to military bases, a condition of settling a lawsuit filed by American Civil Liberties Union, the military is sending the wrong kind of message.
"'I don't think the Department of Defense should endorse that mind-set [of ACLU] by making a deal or capitulating prior to litigation or taking a step that really would be, I think, very disturbing to the people who are the primary constituency of the military in terms of recruiting,' Donnelly said.
"Donnelly suggested that the Pentagon's decision to settle wouldn't be popular because 'people don't support the ACLU' and its attempt to 'eliminate ... expressions of religion by independent organizations' such as the Boy Scouts.
"A backlash is sure to happen, she said, from 'the people who support their sons and daughters in the decision to volunteer for the armed forces. The same type of families...would be very disturbed to see the Department of Defense cowed by the ACLU,' she said.
"'Is the Department of Defense now going to treat the Boy Scouts as some kind of a pariah organization, not worthy of any kind of support?' she asked.
Didn't we just have an election? Didn't "Jesusland" win? Is it too much to expect the most conservative of institutions to display the same size cajones in a DC court room as it is in the steets of Fallujah?
posted by JASmius at 8:01 PM
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