Recommendations of the Editorial team
The arrangement of President Donald Trump,, Transgender persons from military service To rule out, a federal judge blocked on Tuesday.
The US district judge Ana C. Reyes issued an injunction that allows trans members to continue to serve in the military. She and decided that the new guideline violates the constitution of equal treatment. “Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of trans Have brought military victims. Some of them risked their lives. In order to ensure exactly the same property rights to others, which are to be refused by the military ban, ”wrote Reyes in a sharply formulated opinion.
The judge postponed the effect of her arrangement until Friday to give the Trump government time for an appointment.
“Commitment of a soldier for an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle”
The Guideline would have led to the government of transgender soldiers from the ranks. This was followed by a implementation regulation issued in Januarythat Trump in office on his first day had signed. In the order, the president claimed that “the statement of a false ‘gender identity’, which deviates from the gender of a person, cannot meet the strict standards that are necessary for military service,” and added that belonging to a transgender soldier “contradicts an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle”.
The decree also showed Minister of Defense Pete Hegseth on, the guidelines of the Pentagon for transsexual To revise members of the armed forces. A group of transgender military people fought the decree with which military service should be refused. It was said that he violated their constitutional rights. Reyes emphasized that among the plaintiffs who defend themselves are relatives of the armed forces who served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait and received more than 80 awards. Including a bronze star, two global War on Terrorism Service Medals, numerous Meritorious Service Medals and more.
“… not compatible with the military willingness”
Reyes described explanations that transgenderers are not honest, honest or disciplined, as a “pure conjecture”. And further explained that Trump’s executive regulation and the policy of the Ministry of Defense “do nothing to support the defendant’s view that the military service of Transgender is not compatible with the military willingness”.
“The court knows that this decision will lead to heated public debates and appeals. In a healthy democracy, both are positive results,” concluded Reyes. ‘However, we should all agree that every person who has followed the call to service deserves our gratitude and respect. Because, as Elmer Davis noted: ‘This nation will only remain the country of free as long as it is the home of the brave.’ “