Seeking New Recruits, British Soldiers March in Gay Pride Parade

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBI896RWCE.html

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Ten British soldiers and members of the Royal Air Force joined thousands of gay men and women in a gay pride parade Saturday as they sought new recruits for the army.

Supporters packed 10-deep cheered on the 10 troopers - men and women who volunteered to participate - as they waved to the crowds and smiled along the two-mile route in central Manchester.

The British government lifted a ban on gays serving in the country's armed forces in 2000 after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the restriction was a violation of human rights.

Surrounded by a group of men wearing silver paint, angel wings, blond wigs and not much else, Warrant Officer Lutha Magloire said the army was there to show its support and, if possible, to sign up new recruits.

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1. "It's a Man's Life in the British Army"

That's it. I'm stopping this post RIGHT now.

[Montauk6]

2. I was just about to say how Pythonesque this seems, LOL!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

4. Did anyone perform

the fish-slapping dance?

[Montauk6]

5. No but I heard they broke into an impromptu "Sit On My Face"

[Shipwack]

3. "There is no cannibalism in the Royal Navy!" eom

[NJmaverick]

6. Gays in the military

Yet their military didn't fall apart. So much for the homophobes arguement that gays would destroy the military.