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<\/p>\nAnti-LGBT TN Senator Mark Green Withdraws Nomination as Army Secretary, Citing Attack on His Christian Beliefs<\/b><\/p>\n
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Anti-LGBT Tennessee Senator Mark Green has withdrawn from his nomination as Army Secretary, citing attacks on his Christian beliefs.<\/p>\n
Green\u2019s statement:<\/p>\n
\nJUST IN: President Trump’s pick for Army Secretary, Mark Green, withdraws his nomination pic.twitter.com\/9dLo77iqro<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) May 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In late April,\u00a031 House Democrats sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain urging the Senate to reject Green over his history of attacks on LGBT people.<\/p>\n
The Tennesseean<\/em> reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n
\u201cLGBT soldiers are willing to make tremendous sacrifices to protect our rights and freedoms,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in a letter. \u201cIt would be deeply disrespectful to their service to appoint a secretary of the Army whose history of homophobia and transphobia makes it clear that he is not willing to do the same for them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thirty-one House Democrats signed the letter, including Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, chairman of the Congressional Transgender Equality Task Force. None of the letter\u2019s signers are from Tennessee.<\/p>\n
\u2026Multiple LGBT groups have denounced Green\u2019s nomination, calling him \u201ca social issues warrior\u201d who has worked to undermine LGBT rights at every turn. One of the groups, GLAAD, has released audio from a radio program in which Green, discussing transgender bathroom issues and ISIS, said his responsibility as a state senator was to \u201ccrush evil.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMark Green, @realdonaldtrump<\/a>‘s Sec of Army nom has terrible record of hate. We’ve signed on to oppose him. #WeObject<\/a>t.co\/nyUwcv2F87<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/k9xGHsomHO<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Lambda Legal (@LambdaLegal) May 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nNEW: Mark Green, Trump pick for Army secretary, had this to say about Obama transgender policy in 2013: t.co\/ggsh7oQLvL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/AwpQPx6l8Z<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 andrew kaczynski ? (@KFILE) May 4, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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