Federal Judge Lifts Injunction on Transgender Troop Ban

Michael Foust : Mar 11, 2019
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"[T]he military has concluded [the Obama-era policy] poses a threat to 'readiness, good order and discipline, sound leadership, and unit cohesion,' which 'are essential to military effectiveness and lethality,'" -Justice Department petition

[ChristianHeadlines.com] A federal judge Thursday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration's ban on most transgender troops, moving the policy one step closer to taking effect. (Photo: Pixabay)

The Supreme Court in January halted injunctions from two lower courts against the policy. Thursday's action came from a third court that still had an injunction in place. In his ruling, US District Judge George L. Russell said he was "bound by the Supreme Court's decision" from January.

The Obama administration had announced in 2016 that transgender troops could serve openly. Under Trump, the Department of Defense reversed that policy and replaced it with one that allowed transgender personnel but prohibited those who had "a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria." The effect was to allow some transgender people to serve but only in their biological sex... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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