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Uniformed Military Members to March in Gay Pride Parade
Military members — wearing their uniforms — will be able to march in this weekend’s parade in San Diego in which people publicly celebrate their desire to have sex with members of their own gender:
In a memorandum sent military-wide, the department said it was making an exception to its policy that generally bars troops from marching in uniform in parades unless individuals get approval from their commanders.
The reasoning behind the US military’s decision: Read more
Rep Wants Navy Ship Named for Homosexual Activist
US Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA) has reportedly asked the US Navy to name a ship after Harvey Milk, a homosexual activist who was killed while serving as a San Francisco supervisor in 1978. Milk also served in the Navy in the early 1950s — apparently illegally, Read more
Military Investigating Afghan Gay Pride Flag
According to FoxNews, the US military is investigating allegations a US servicemember erected a “gay pride” flag on a tent pole on an American outpost in Afghanistan.
“We are aware of the photo of the gay pride flag being flown by U.S. service members and we are investigating,” a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force told Fox News.
Hidden in some internet comments was another interesting piece of information on the military environment in the post-DADT world. A military officer wrote: Read more