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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe Palm Center <\/a>and the Human Rights Campaign<\/a> were doing a happy dance in my inbox last night after Mark Green withdrew his namefor nomination for the Army Secretary. HMC Ret sends a link from the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n Several Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, declared they would oppose Green’s nomination over what they said were intolerant and disturbing views. Democrat Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a combat veteran who lost her legs and partial use of her right arm during the Iraq war, said in a statement Friday that Green wasn’t fit to lead the service.<\/p>\n Schumer welcomed Green’s move to step aside.<\/p>\n “Mark Green’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration as Army secretary is good news for all Americans, especially those who were personally vilified by his disparaging comments directed toward the LGBTQ community, Muslim community, Latino community and more,” he said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As we’ve reported here before, Green, a former Army infantry officer and a special operations surgeon, was eminently qualified to run the senior service in the time of war but he is cisgendered and a heterosexual, so that disqualified him in the eyes of the LGBT sexual deviant community. <\/p>\n