Even though the Department of Defense has once again issued statements in celebration and solidarity to the LGTBQIA+ community, it has canceled a drag festival at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. It would have been the third annual event.
The event last year was called “Drag-u-Nellis” in 2021 when it began, NBC reported.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is very much in support of Pride Month, but is drawing the line with drag, according to an official from the Pentagon.
Consistent with Secretary Austin’s congressional testimony, the Air Force will not host drag events at its installations or facilities. Commanders have been directed to either cancel or relocate these events to an off-base location.
An Air Force official said when questioned about the Nellis drag show
Deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh also said in a statement:
Per DoD Joint Ethics Regulation (JER), certain criteria must be met for persons or organizations acting in non-Federal capacity to use DoD facilities and equipment. As Secretary Austin has said, the DOD will not host drag events at U.S. military installations or facilities. Hosting these types of events in federally funded facilities is not a suitable use of DOD resources.
Nevertheless, the Pentagon has still made a shew of support for LGTBQIA+.
Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr., the Under Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon, wrote in a letter that this year’s theme for Pride Month is “Equality Without Exception.”
The Department will continue its efforts to embrace a work culture focused on enhancing operational effectiveness, expanding talent pools to meet future warfighting capabilities, and promoting the best qualified individuals regardless of their gender identity or sexual orientation.
Cisneros Jr. wrote
Today Austin also issued a short statement on his and the Department’s support for Gay Pride Month. He wrote:
This Pride Month, we honor the service, commitment, and sacrifice of the LGBTQ+ Service members and personnel who volunteer to defend our country. Their proud service adds to America’s strength.
Their contributions to our national security are powerful. Members of this community have deployed to combat zones around the globe, held high-ranking positions in the Pentagon, and fought and died alongside their teammates.
To defend our republic and win its wars, the ranks of the U.S. military must remain open to all qualified patriots who seek to serve. Militaries that do not avail themselves of the best possible talent of their citizenry put themselves at a strategic disadvantage. We would be rendering ourselves less fit to our weighty task if we excluded from our ranks people who meet our standards and who have the skills, the guts, and the devotion to serve in uniform.
I believe that the story of America should be one of widening freedom, not deepening discrimination. In 2021, I was honored to implement President Biden’s directive to ensure that transgender Americans who wish to serve and meet Department standards are able to do so — openly and free from discrimination.
This often painful history has made something clear: Who you love and how you identify has nothing to do with how bravely you can fight for your country. When we speak up for the rights of all Americans, when we encourage all qualified Americans to stand a post, we strengthen both our democracy and our national security. The U.S. military is the greatest fighting force in history, and we intend to keep it that way.
As Secretary of Defense, I remain dedicated to making sure that our LGBTQ+ personnel across the Joint Force can continue to serve the country that we all love with dignity and pride — this month and every other one. We thank you for your service — and we thank your spouses and your families, whose support makes your service possible.
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The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Proverbs 15:25
So what if they canceled a single drag show? The military still actively promotes and defends this crap; and you cannot have a strong military when these things are rampantly touted and celebrated. And this is just one of many other problems the American armed forces have, but this is certainly a big one.
SEE: US Navy Is Training Sailors On How To Use Proper Gender Pronouns For Pride Month
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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America is FINISHED!
The Department of False Defense has been Godless and evil for decades, and now it’s only gotten worse.
After that unjust and illegal war that America waged on Iraq based on a damnable LIE and committing such horrible atrocities to them, what’s coming for America is going to be her just desserts!
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