Stein was first cautioned by his superiors at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego, in 2010 after he launched his Facebook page, criticizing Obama's health care overhaul. Stein volunteered to take down the page while he reviewed the rules at the request of his superiors.
He said he determined he was not in violation and relaunched the page under the shortened account name Armed Forces Tea Party. Last week, he said his superiors told him he couldn't use social media sites on government computers after he posted the message stating he would not follow unlawful orders of the president.
Stein said his statement was part of an online debate about NATO allowing U.S. troops to be tried for the Quran burnings in Afghanistan.
In that context, he said, he was stating that he would not follow orders from the president if those orders included detaining U.S. citizens, disarming them or doing anything else that he believes would violate their constitutional rights.
Good for Sergeant Stein! He deserves our respect and support so find him on Facebook and tell him so. I also think we need to stop apologizing to the very people who want to kill us. Geez, let's start acting like Americans again! Check out the story here: Marine's Facebook page tests military rules.
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Gary Stein, Marine Sergeant's 'Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots' Facebook Page Tests Military Rules
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