Posted in gays, glbt, legislation, lesbian, military on Nov 30th, 2007
Marking the 14th anniversary of legislation that allowed gay men and lesbians to serve in the military but only if they kept their orientation secret, 28 retired generals and admirals plan to release a letter on Friday urging Congress to repeal the law.
“We respectfully urge Congress to repeal the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy,” the [...]
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Posted in crime, military, rape on Aug 9th, 2007
POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — A court-martial has been scheduled next month for a female airman who says she was charged because she refused to testify against three male airmen she had accused of rape.
The woman is charged with one count of committing indecent acts and one count of consuming alcohol as a minor. [...]
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(Note this fact: “some 10,000 troops, including more than 50 specialists in Arabic, have been discharged because of the [don't ask, don't tell] policy,” according to a 2005 audit.
These fuckwits are running a fine little war.
Jefferson)
Senior aides to the chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that Marine Gen. Peter Pace won’t [...]
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Joe writes:
The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has issued a statement of support for Matt Sanchez, which reads in part:
Porn, gay or straight, has no ideology. Porn stars and porn consumers are Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, atheists and evangelicals. There’s no inherent contradiction between Matt Sanchez being pro-military and being part of [...]
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