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MichelleO-MAMA
Our children are gay, our sisters and brothers are gay and our neighbors are gay...it is the reality of our American family. So, if our soldiers are gay and willing to fight and die for our freedoms, I think we should fight for theirs. "We are the land of the FREE because we are the home of the brave." I'm glad that we had brave military commanders, directors and politicians stand up and...
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Gay rights groups are upset over a survey the Pentagon took of its troops asking how they feel about gays being allowed to serve openly in the military. The 103-question query is being called "biased" for, among other things, using the term “homosexual,” and asking how a service person would feel about being assigned a gay roommate. According to the Associated Press, Pentagon officials...
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President Obama delivered remarks at a LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people) Pride Month event in the East Room on Tuesday. Vice President Biden also attended. Currently, Obama continues his 2008 campaign agenda to expand federal rights and benefits for gays and lesbians, this time in the form of the Family and Medical Leave Act. On Wednesday, the Labor Department is expected to...
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According to the Gay America blog, a new compromise to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy for gay soldiers is being discussed in Congress. Senator Patrick Murphy (D-PA) and 192 law makers co-sponsored the legislation to repeal the policy, which will be considered on the floor of Congress Thursday or Friday. Apparently, the House and Senate will pass legislation this year,...
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The previously silent General Petraeus testified before the Armed Services Committee that he is in support of changing the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy on gays in the military. He remarked that the assessment process should include elements like recruitment and moral cohesion and that new policies need to be recommended. Petraeus said that he served with gay CIA officers whose...
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At times in our lives we have defining moments that change us. As a parent of a gay child, this was definitely one of those moments. Before we were labeled “diverse”, we were pretty much the average American family. We were middle class. We raised our children with family values that any parent would be proud of. We took them to church. We spent time with them at their schools. We...
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