Iraq-Vet Loses His House Because He Smoked Weed

This is idiocy of the worst kind. Who gives an Iraq-vet, one who lost both his legs, a brand new house but then rescinds the offer because of pot?!

Homes For Our Troops does the Lord’s work 99.999% of the time. They give handicap-adjusted houses to our nation’s most deserving citizens, severely wounded veterans. I think HFOT is a wonderful institution.

Yet…

I don’t see that Mr. West’s worthiness of receiving a free house (and all our wounded vets deserve such treatment, btw) is diminished in the least by his use of cannabis. It’s in effect saying: “although you have made a sacrifice far larger than we could ever imagine, we’ll give you guys the world as long as you obey our standards, even if you might be really damaged emotionally or psychically from the horrors of combat.” Just asinine.

Maybe it’s a bureaucratic issue, that HFOT has a bylaw that forbids any assistance to convicted criminal veterans. If so, the bylaw needs to go. If this was an executive decision, then they need to realize how over-the-top this issue is.

If this story galls you as it does me, here’s the contact page on Homes For Our Troops site. A great group like theirs shouldn’t be sidetracked by outdated social norms.