Two Democrat congressmen running for U.S. Senate seats in Arizona and Texas endorsed keeping LGBT radicalism in the U.S. military on Friday.
In a letter sent to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, more than 160 House Democrats voiced opposition to provisions in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 that prohibit the Pentagon from adopting several extreme LGBT policies. Among the letter’s signatories are Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, both of whom are running for Senate seats in their respective states.
“The federal government should be working to ensure all service members and their families can thrive,” the document reads. “This includes working to ensure that LGBTQ+ service members and family members feel welcome in the military and that symbols and art forms related to the LGBTQ+ community are not singled out for censorship.”
Approved by House lawmakers in June, the lower chamber’s NDAA includes various amendments nixing neo-Marxist policies plaguing America’s armed forces. Among those specifically opposed by House Democrats are provisions prohibiting the Defense Department from using taxpayer money to subsidize so-called “gender transition surgeries” through the military’s TRICARE program and purchase materials containing “pornographic” and “radical gender ideology” for military schools.
The Democrats also voiced opposition in the letter to sections in the NDAA barring the Pentagon from funding “drag show[s], drag queen story hour, or similar event[s]” on military bases and stripping the “discretion of military chain of command and senior civilian leadership with
