Vet suicide prevention program faces big cuts

[unhappycamper]

Source: Army Times / Associated Press

Vet suicide prevention program faces big cuts
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Mar 20, 2009 16:41:04 EDT

CONCORD, N.H. — A nationally recognized suicide prevention program for soldiers may take a financial hit because of New Hampshire’s severe budget crunch.

Gov. John Lynch has proposed cutting state funding for the Connect-Frameworks Suicide Prevention Program, which helps the New Hampshire National Guard provide mental health support to soldiers and their families.

State health officials are trying to restore some of the funding, but program director Kenneth Norton says any cut would hurt training efforts.

Since 2005 the program has trained more than 4,000 police officers, educators and mental health workers in suicide prevention for young adults. It started working with the National Guard last year.

Read more: http://armytimes.com/news/2009/03/ap_vets_suicide_prevention_032009/%2e

[Ian David]

1. Conservatives oppose suicide prevention programs because they think it's gay recruitment. n/t

[fuggbush21]

6. Not that is has any relevence to the story posted...

But where do you even draw that conclusion from?

[Ian David]

10. Here...

Health program in the Prevention and Behav- ioral Medicine Research branch of ... tion between homosexuality and teen suicide. As a result of homosexual lobbying and misin- .... tims of homosexual recruitment efforts. You can order cop- ...
http://tinyurl.com/c75bnc

Articules
TVC Issues Special Report On Homosexual Recruitment of School Children TVC .... "None of the people who get the money are legitimate suicide prevention ...
www.civilrightsforfamilies.com/wst_page4.html - 45k - Cached - Similar pages -

E Law: Combating Lesbian and Gay Youth Suicide and HIV/AIDS ...
Safe sex education and suicide prevention campaigns aimed at gay youth (all of .... arguing that it served only as "a recruitment aid for a particular lifestyle. ..... See also Christopher Bagely, "Suicidal Behaviours in Homosexual and ...
www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n4/kendall54.html

Romney's truly evil - Tells uninsured suicidal people to go away and die
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=158x11323

Measure 9 Arguments in Favor
Schools should not be a recruitment ground for the homosexual community, ... First, for schools to base suicide prevention policy on the unproved hypothesis ...
www.sos.state.or.us/elections/nov72000/guide/mea/m9/9fa.htm

MassResistance Watch: June 2005
But when homosexuals push their behavior in our faces, promote it, ... So the Governor doesn't want to fund suicide prevention and violence programs that ...
www.massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2005_06_05_archive.html

Democratic Underground Forums - Printer friendly page, topic ID ...
http://massresistancewatch.blogspot.com/2007/01/can-you-have-civil-dialogue-when .... 'youth suicide prevention' is always a homosexual program in disguise. ...
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=printer_friendly&forum=221&topic_id=47260

[alofarabia]

2. The article doesn't say...

is John Lynch a Republican?

[jdadd]

3. Democrat....

[biopowertoday]

7. thanks.

[winyanstaz]

4. This is not the change I voted for

Cutting Vet's programs or any civilian programs that aid the people during this time of great need is unacceptable.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Nothing says FU to the troops like.....well, FU.

I am amazed that anyone goes into the militrary after the last 12 years of screw you attitude.

The poor bastards are not safe in the war zone,
not safe in their barracks,
not safe in VA hospitals,
their votes are stolen,
their pay screwed over by payday lenders,
the government was trying to collect their pay after they died, ( remember that???)
the government contractors are trying to kill them,
the DU weapons are certainly dangerous to be around,
and now civilian services will be cut out.

My family is full of veterans who tell me they would never ever get near Uncle Sam again.

[mbperrin]

9. Pretty drastic way to cut vet pension outlays, isn't it?

And if nobody thinks that hasn't at least been part of the thinking on this, you really are not familiar with the bureaucratic mind.

[Chemical Bill]

11. Yeah, this cutback saves money two ways.

Was it Rumsfeld who said that veterans programs take money from our war effort?

Bill

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Dang, too late for a fifth rec. This needs a repost for more attention. nt

[IndianaGreen]

13. I agree!

K&R