Senate to Vote Tomorrow to Overturn Military Policies on Homosexuals and Abortion
- Sep 20, 2010 -
Dear Friends:
The Senate will vote Tuesday on legislation to overturn the longstanding policies restricting open homosexuals from serving in the military and barring elective abortions on military bases. What’s worse, they are using a bill authorizing resources for our troops to do it.
Specifically, the Senate will be voting on a motion to proceed to the Defense Authorization Act (S. 3454) with repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and the anti-abortion law attached.
Your senators need to hear from you now on this. This is one of the Senate’s most critical votes of the year—and potentially life-altering for our military.
Repealing the current “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy would strain our forces, weaken troop morale, and compel countless chaplains to leave the services. It would also defy the counsel of the four service chiefs of staff and more than 1,100 retired Flag & General Officers for the Military—all of whom have urged Congress not to vote now on changing the current policy.
And overturning the anti-abortion law would turn our military hospitals into abortion mills. These facilities were intended to be centers to help restore sick and injured troops, not to take the lives of our servicewomen’s unborn children. Also troubling, pro-life physicians would be put in a tough position of standing on their convictions or buckling under pressure to perform abortions.
This is an outrage. Using our military to advance radical social policy is an affront to the greatness of our armed services.
If you agree, please contact your senators immediately and tell them to vote “no” on the motion to proceed to the Defense Authorization bill, since it includes amendments to allow open homosexuals and elective abortions in the military.
You can reach them through the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Or send them a suggested e-mail or one entirely your own here.
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Thank you for standing in defense of our armed forces as they continue to sacrifice in defense of our nation.
In His Service,
Dr. Richard Land
President
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
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