{"id":127521,"date":"2022-07-05T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127521"},"modified":"2022-07-04T23:25:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T03:25:27","slug":"marine-aviator-refuses-to-wear-american-flag-apparel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127521","title":{"rendered":"Marine aviator refuses to wear American Flag apparel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe she’ll wear this flag?\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we celebrate the birth of the greatest nation on Earth, our taxpayer funded DNC propaganda outlet, National Public Radio, releases this article.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The abortion ruling has troops and veterans speaking out, some for the first time<\/h3>\n

For the first time in her life, Marine Corps Capt. Meleah Martin is refusing to wear American flag attire this Independence Day. Instead, she told her family that she will only wear pride colors and apparel. Not because she’s unpatriotic \u2013 she’s spent approximately 16 months deployed overseas as an F-18 pilot. But because she believes her constitutional rights are under attack.<\/p>\n

Martin said it’s been disheartening to witness liberties such as the right to protest or to cast a ballot come under attack in recent years. Those frustrations turned to devastation for her with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion. Martin hopes to someday start a family, but as someone who identifies as a lesbian, she’s scared her right to marry and have children may also be in danger.<\/p>\n

As a result of these fears and frustrations, she said she doesn’t look at the American flag the way she used to.<\/p>\n

“We swear an oath, ‘To support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic’ … Well, it’s time to start worrying about the domestic, because clearly we have more of a problem here than we do anywhere else,” Martin said, noting that her views are her own, and not a reflection of her unit or the Marine Corps. “It’s really disappointing when something like this happens, because, like, how do I defend that?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah yes, an active duty Marine officer insinuating that the large part of the country that believes elective abortion is wrong are domestic enemies. After taking a moment to discuss some idiot who thinks black veterans are being denied the right to vote, we get back to Captain Martin’s soapbox.<\/p>\n

Martin has never been one to draw attention to herself. As an active duty member of the military, she’s always been careful about sharing her political beliefs with the public in order to maintain her image as an officer. However, she said the Supreme Court’s decision to do away with federal abortion protections was the tipping point for her, and compelled her to speak out.<\/p>\n

Over the years many people have asked her what it’s like to be a woman in military aviation, a profession historically dominated by men. But that’s never bothered her, because she’s always seen her fellow pilots as family.<\/p>\n

But in the wake of the court’s abortion ruling last month, she said can’t shake the feeling that she is on uneven ground.<\/p>\n

“I’ve truly felt extremely equal to my peers and I’ve had a wonderful time in the military, but now, you know, I do I have one less right,” Martin said. “And it is a right that has to do directly with my personal body.”<\/p>\n

When it comes to talk of the future, she and her girlfriend often discuss marriage and raising children. And though her partner already has a daughter, the two talk about artificial insemination and who would carry their child. But now she’s concerned about what that could look like should a pregnancy put her or her partner’s life at risk.<\/p>\n

Martin is scared she may find herself at a duty station in a state where abortion is outlawed. If she and her partner needed to travel to have an abortion, Martin would need to have a leave request approved by her commanding officer, who might have differing views on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure if the captain here is aware of how humans reproduce. If she’s worried about her or her girlfriend getting pregnant, then she’s not doing lesbianism properly. If there’s a single demographic in this country that will never need an elective abortion, it’s the gays and lesbians. It’s one of the biggest selling points for same-sex sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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