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Senators Tear into Pentagon Nominee to Oversee Chaplains as Being Anti-Christian
7 Oct 2021
Military.com | By Rebecca Kheel

Republican senators on Thursday hammered the nominee for a key Pentagon military personnel job, arguing past tweets and statements show she will not be able to respect Christian troops' religious freedoms and oversee chaplains.

The political fireworks happened as Brenda "Sue" Fulton, who was tapped by President Joe Biden to be assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs, testified at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Fulton is a West Point graduate who was the first openly gay member of the academy's Board of Visitors, and she has led several LGBT military groups including SPARTA, which advocates for transgender troops. ...

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“Some chaplains argue: “My first responsibility is to God.” Well, if your responsibility is to God and not the Army, you need to get out of the Army.” - @suefulton in a 2017 interview with the New York Times.

Fulton, an anti-family LGBT activist who particularly hates Christianity; would be responsible for:
* Developing policy for and providing oversight of Military Service child care programs and the Family Advocacy Program
* Supervising the Department of Defense Education Activity

Oh, and she tweets a lot:
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Sue Fulton
@suefulton
 · Aug 29, 2017
The vast majority of white evangelical leaders are utterly unmoored from the gospel of Jesus Christ. Matthew 23 applies. ...
She really really hates pastors and military chaplains!
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Sue Fulton
@suefulton
 · Nov 14, 2017
These are not Christian pastors. They are members of an anti-abortion, anti-LGBT, anti-women’s-equality cult that claims to speak for actual followers of Jesus.
Sue Fulton loves abortion, too:
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Sue Fulton
@suefulton
This is a stunning essay. I wish every Christian who "opposes abortion" would read this & understand the reality....
Here’s a wonderful tweet she appears to have now deleted:


oH nO sHe’S uNdErMiNiNg FaItH iN oUr DeMoCrAcY!



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