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Study Shows Less Support of ‘DADT’ Policy
Gay Agenda Nov 17 09From The Independent Florida Alligator:
A study by a UF professor shows veteran support for the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which restricts gay and lesbian citizens from military service, has fallen sharply in recent years.
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Just Friends? 친구 사이?
Teazed Nov 16 09A young gay man visits the army base to meet his boyfriend (lover) who's doing his time in the Korean military service.
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Gay in the Army
Q Notes Oct 31 09[Ed. Note — In the summer, Q-Notes was contacted by a gay North Carolinian who wished to write about his experiences as a gay man in military service.
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HRC's Rhode Island Avenue office vandalized: What does it mean?
Bilerico Oct 13 09
A few hours after Obama spoke to the gay lobby, a group of queers going by the name "Queers Against Assimilation" (to the point) tagged HRC's building with the sentence "Quit leaving queers behind.
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Rep. Patrick Murphy to host a Special Order Hour in the House on DADT repeal
Pams House blend Oct 06 09
The Blend has learned that Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-PA), the lead sponsor of H.R. 1283, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (which would repeal DADT) is scheduled to take to the floor of the House to host a Special Order Hour today.
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Life Getting Easier for Gays in Thailand
Topix Gay News Oct 04 09
From equality in the right to military service to social acceptance, life seems to be getting easier for people of the "third sex" in Thailand.
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PhoboQuotable - James Bowman
Joe My God Oct 03 09"If reason were to be readmitted to the debate, we might find something in the history of military honor to justify the principle now enshrined in the law decreeing that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service.
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To Be A Man Is To Be Heterosexual
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Oct 03 09Just when you think the Weekly Standard's institutionalized contempt for gay people could not get any worse, along comes James Bowman's defense of barring openly gay men from military service: Facing enemy bullets--is inextricably bound up with ideas of masculinity.
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Three-fifths of an Argument about DADT
IGF Culture Watch Oct 03 09
by David Link
It’s hard to know what to say about James Bowman’s essay defending the ban on gays in the military.
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Twenty-Nine Years Ago Today I Joined The U.S. Navy
Pams House blend Sep 24 09As a joke with my friends, I sometimes cite that I no longer have birthdays, but instead have anniversaries of my last birthday -- the last birthday I had at age twenty-nine.
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"Black LGBT People Cannot Settle for 'Conditional Freedoms"
Straight Not Narrow Sep 10 09From Southern Voice, posted in its entirety:Nearly 200 people gathered for the third annual State of Black Gay America Summit Sept.
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Florida Republican Renews Call for Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Pams House blend Aug 07 09
Here's a quick update on Equality Florida's conversations with Congresswoman Ros Lehtinen Today, she issued a statement reaffirming her strong opposition to Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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US' "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Lags Far Behind Other Nations
Straight Not Narrow Jul 22 09I ran across this AP story comparing the much more favorable treatment of soldiers in other nations like Great Britian, Austraila, and Israel compared to the United States.
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Jimmy Carter severs ties to Southern Baptist Convention
Pams House blend Jul 21 09Former President Jimmy Carter has frequently referred to his faith in public. As a Southern Baptist, he has watched the denomination become increasingly hostile toward women in particular.
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Language in Defense Authorization Act explicitly bars hate group members from service
Pams House blend Jul 18 09
Greetings and Salutations, Blenders! How the hell are ya?
Over here in defense and public policy nerd land, I noticed something both interesting and heartening while cruising through the text of H.
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When the good soldier is the gay soldier: Interview with Robaire Watson
qPodder Jul 17 09
As tempers in our community flare about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (more acronymically known as DADT these days), one West Texas-born soldier wanted to tell me his story about his military service with no issues from fellow or commanding officers about being openly gay.
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Two great Father’s Day gifts for Divorced Dads
Proud Parenting Jul 10 09
We have plenty of other gift ideas for dads in general, but here are two good gifts for divorced dads, probably from friends or family interested in supporting dads’ relationships with kids who may not even be in the same city.
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Gut Check
Bilerico Jun 24 09
When Dick Cheeeney was asked why he had not served in Vietnam, he harrumphed that he "had other priorities in the '60s than military service.
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Don't Miss "Ask Not" Tuesday on PBS
Bilerico Jun 12 09
At the opening of Ask Not, a startling film to be aired nationally on PBS on Tuesday, June 16th, three generals are asked if homosexuality is compatible with military service.
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Homosexual Football Referee's Rights Restored, But...
Gay News Blog Jun 11 09
Football referee Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ had declared his homosexuality in order to be exempt from military service.
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