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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:15 PM

Published 07/03/2009 by The Moderate Voice


Gays in the military now!

This week, both the editorial columns in both the New Republic and the New Yorker are demanding that Barack Obama demonstrate his commitment to gay rights by revoking “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” so that gay men and women can serve openly in the US military.

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