Everything eventually becomes a target of political correctness, even aspects of the military. group of veterans wants to change the motto of the VA, claiming it excludes women.
FOX News reports:
VA should drop Lincoln quote as official motto, group says
Abraham Lincoln sexist and outdated?
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has received complaints about its official motto, which is a quote from Lincoln’s second inaugural address in 1865.
The quote, which has been the VA’s motto for 59 years, reads:
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.”
The motto appears on plaques at many VA facilities across the U.S.
But in November, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America asked VA Secretary David Shulkin to change the motto, saying the Lincoln quote excludes women service members and symbolizes the obstacles they face in navigating the VA health system, Stars and Stripes reported.
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“They’re missing the point that women don’t feel comfortable at the VA,” IAVA Executive Director Allison Jaslow, a former U.S. Army captain who served in Iraq, told Stars and Stripes. “We want to be respected and appreciated as much as male veterans are, and the motto is symbolic of overall challenges.”
The VA has already said they won’t be making the change.
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