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Gay veterans to protest military’s ‘don’t ask’ policy
Boston Herald ^ | 02/20/2006 | Marie Szaniszlo

Posted on 02/20/2006 5:28:37 AM PST by Panerai

A group of gay and lesbian veterans will launch a national campaign tomorrow at Harvard to repeal the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

The seven-week, nationwide speaking tour, which will begin at 7 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Starr Auditorium, will feature seven former service members who argue that the law keeps able-bodied Americans from serving in the military at a time when it is desperate to recruit and retain troops because of the war in Iraq.

“A lot of people have never known a gay or lesbian person and, as a result, have all sorts of misconceptions about what gays and lesbians are like, and no idea what impact ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ has had on national security,” said Alex Nicholson, an Army veteran and founder and director of the “Call to Duty Tour.”

In 1993, shortly after taking office, President Bill Clinton suspended a Department of Defense policy banning gays and lesbians from the military.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff and influential members of Congress, however, opposed Clinton’s attempt to permanently lift the ban.

The compromise was “don’t ask, don’t tell,” under which the military was not to inquire about the sexual orientation of prospective service members, and gays and lesbians were not to reveal their sexual orientation. Those who did or were “found out” would be subject to dismissal.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: degenerates; dishonor; dontaskdonttell; gay; gayveterans; homosexualagenda; perverts; sodomites; turdburglars; unfittoserve; veterans
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1 posted on 02/20/2006 5:28:39 AM PST by Panerai
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To: Panerai

I got good news and bad news for you.

The Good news is that your protests for more gays in the military have been heard and acted upon.

The Bad news is that you are leaving for Iran in half an hour to attack their nuclear sites.


2 posted on 02/20/2006 5:34:19 AM PST by usmcobra (I'm a Marine on currently on inactive status awaiting an eternal change of duty station)
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To: Panerai

Three percent has no business trying to push around the other 97 percent. They should be thankful for "Don't Ask" because they can be left alone. That is really a right in America; the right to be left alone.


3 posted on 02/20/2006 5:34:38 AM PST by Rapscallion (Democrats: Supporting the conquest of America since VietNam.)
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To: Panerai
...gay and lesbian veterans...

Oxymoron.

4 posted on 02/20/2006 5:34:46 AM PST by FerdieMurphy (For English, Press One. (Tookie, you won the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. Oh, too late.))
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To: Panerai
I agree...the don't ask don't tell Clinton policy was a bunch of B.S.

I'm all for the FIBO policy...Find Out...Boot Out!

5 posted on 02/20/2006 5:35:01 AM PST by borisbob69 (Old shade is better than new shade!)
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To: FerdieMurphy

I know of a Korean war vet who is a homosexual. It's not an oxymoron.


6 posted on 02/20/2006 5:35:34 AM PST by Clemenza (I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...)
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To: FerdieMurphy
...gay and lesbian veterans... Oxymoron.
Please explain this to me.
7 posted on 02/20/2006 5:37:47 AM PST by newcats (Natural born skeptic)
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To: Panerai
“A lot of people have never known a gay or lesbian person and, as a result, have all sorts of misconceptions about what gays and lesbians are like,

But, but, but they always say we know a lot of people who are homosexual.

AIDS advocates even tell us that "Anyone can get it," when they want our money. But they say, "It's almost impossible to get it," when they want to push their lifestyle on any and all aspects of society.

If the military is having such a tough time recruiting, opening up the ranks to avowed homosexuals will make it 10 times worse.

8 posted on 02/20/2006 5:43:28 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: FerdieMurphy
Since their admission of their perversion means they were ineligible to serve in the first place, we should pursue all legal means to revoke any and all military benefits that these sexual degenerates might be receiving.
9 posted on 02/20/2006 5:48:38 AM PST by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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To: Panerai

these clowns are trying to give the impression that they are "macho" guys & are not a stereotype...wrong. Many years ago I worked on the General Staff & the new protocol officer could have been the precursor for "Queer Eye"!! He flitted around the hallways, giggled and everything was "fabulous"....it to the point that the general "hid him" when he had big wigs in town...


10 posted on 02/20/2006 5:51:15 AM PST by SAMS (Nobody loves a soldier until the enemy is at the gate; Army Wife & Marine Mom)
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To: Panerai

I have nothing against gays as long as they dont lay their perversions on me. I dont care how many times they bend over and take on their partner, why do they insist on telling me about it. Nobody knows they are queer until they advertise it. Dont ask Dont tell sounds like a good idea for every day life too.

You know why they want out??
Because unlike men and women who recognise each other they could be standing next to another queer and not know it themselves , missing out on another chance to get their ashes hauled. They dont recognise each other and that cuts down on their opportunities.


11 posted on 02/20/2006 6:00:26 AM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: Panerai

If the military's Don't etc. policy is repealed and isn't immediately replaced with a nohomosexualsnever policy, the military will have taken a giant step to uselessness or alternatively, a giant step to total technicalization and elimination of troops as necessary for anything dangerous.


12 posted on 02/20/2006 6:03:11 AM PST by arthurus (Better to fight them OVER THERE than over here.)
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You are pretty slow arent you. That's the policy until 1993.
It was defacto dont ask dont tell.

Yes the US Military needs fasion designers, artists, actors and other irresponsible sodomists it to "round out" it's full spectrum warfare. //sarcasm

I guess we need the sodomites to deal with the middle eastern homos.



13 posted on 02/20/2006 6:14:34 AM PST by axes_of_weezles
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To: Panerai
The deviants want to force themselves and their life style choices onto the majority of non deviants and then have special laws and enforcement created to protect them from critcism or from the retaliation by those who are sick of their constant whinning, crying,complaining and bitching.

Naturally they also want special power..special priveleges..and extra consideration for promotion.

Their greed and lust for power and tyranny of the minority never diminishes,never abates..in fact when appeased it only gets worse...and always to the detriment of the mission...

They don't care about the military or it's mission

Their mission is always focused upon their own agrandizement...

imo

14 posted on 02/20/2006 6:16:58 AM PST by joesnuffy (A camel once bit our sister..but we knew just what to do...we gathered rocks and squashed her!)
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To: Clemenza
I know of a Korean war vet who is a homosexual.

At a minimum of age 71 or 72, he's got to be the oldest queen in the country.
15 posted on 02/20/2006 6:19:06 AM PST by Beckwith (The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
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To: Beckwith

He's 74 and he miraculously survived the AIDS crisis. Told me he was too busy working in the late 1970s and early 1980s.


16 posted on 02/20/2006 6:20:05 AM PST by Clemenza (I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...)
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To: N. Theknow
"AIDS advocates even tell us that "Anyone can get it,"

Yes, that's what they say. But, it's not true. AID's is still limited to homosexuals and drug users according to CCHS!

If we encourage more homosexuals to join what will the do u=in the military - redesign the interior's of the barracks?
17 posted on 02/20/2006 6:44:12 AM PST by JLGALT (Get ready - Lock and Load!)
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To: Panerai

It is not a military policy. It is a law of the United States Government, enacted as legislation by Congress. The military merely enforces what the Congress has written.


18 posted on 02/20/2006 7:04:15 AM PST by Dilbert56
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To: Dilbert56

Wow a whole 7 people. You think the military could get the job done without them? Yep.


19 posted on 02/20/2006 7:11:21 AM PST by BookaT (My cat's breath smells like cat food!)
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20 posted on 02/20/2006 9:48:05 AM PST by DirtyHarryY2K ("Ye shall know them by their fruits" ;-))
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