Yesterday the Pentagon banned transgender people from entering the military.
Today, a Gallup survey reported that a majority of Americans, 58%, continue to favor allowing openly transgender people to serve in the U.S. military.
However, this number is significantly down from 71% in 2019 and 66% in 2021.
Over the last few weeks the silence, even amongst Democrats, on executive orders around diversity, immigration, and gender has been deafening.
When President Trump ordered a funding freeze there was an outcry because it impacted people’s bottom line.
Where is the same outcry when people marginalized people are targeted?
We can’t put it on the backs of already oppressed people to achieve their own liberation. We must stand up for each other. We must cry out against ICE raids, we must cry out the diversity is a gift, we must cry out that all people are worthy of respect.
Proverbs 31, 8 says to “speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute.”
Speak out, not simply because it is the right thing to do, but because our existence depends on it.
