Colonel Dillon Patterson in Arkansas has resigned from his role as commander of the 188th Wing of Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas over religious beliefs.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-Ark.) sent the letter of resignation to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Loyd Austin on January second and blamed Biden’s pro-abort policy for Patterson’s resignation.
“Unfortunately, Col. Patterson was forced to personally choose between either continuing his command or adhering to his sincerely held religious beliefs against abortion. Because he adhered first to his faith instead of overtly political mandates, he voluntarily resigned his command,” Sanders wrote to Biden, according to Arkansas local news channel 5.
Sanders indicated that Patterson’s resignation came “after the U.S. Department of Defense issued a policy that ‘had…
