Scuba
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Fri Apr-29-11 05:42 AM
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Marines being specially trained on accepting gay recruits |
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In my email this morning...
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Marines Get Trained on Accepting Gay Recruits
SAN DIEGO — If a Marine spots two men in his battalion kissing off-duty at a shopping mall, he should react as if he were seeing a man and woman. If he turns on the television news to see a fellow Marine dressed as a civilian and marching in a parade with a banner that reads, "Support Gays and Lesbians in the Military!" he should accept it as a right of free expression.
Prescriptions for those possible scenarios are being played out at Marine bases as the military prepares to allow gays to openly serve, ending a 17-year-old policy commonly known as "don't ask, don't tell." Training for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines began early this year and is expected to finish by summer's end. The repeal goes into effect 60 days after the president, defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify that lifting the ban won't hurt the military's ability to fight.
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Can't wait to hear Letterman's Top 10 on this topic.
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Fri Apr-29-11 05:48 AM
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1. "Specially trained"???? |
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Oh, grow up, you weak-willied wusses.
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Fri Apr-29-11 05:55 AM
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Fri Apr-29-11 06:04 AM
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If he turns on the television news to see a fellow Marine dressed as a civilian and marching in a parade with a banner that reads, "Support Gays and Lesbians in the Military!"
You don't have to be gay or lesbian to march in a gay rights parade.
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