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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 02:53 PM
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House Urges Recruiting Decision Reversal (Despite Military Ban on Gays)
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation/10797885.htm

Posted on Wed, Feb. 02, 2005
House Urges Recruiting Decision Reversal

JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday urged the federal government to contest a court decision that would allow colleges to limit the activities of military recruiters on their campuses because of the military's ban on openly gay people.

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Last November a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the law, named for the late Rep. Gerald Solomon, R-N.Y. The court said the law infringed on the free-speech rights of law schools that had barred on-campus recruiting because of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning open homosexuality.

"This decision threatens to severely damage the ability of the military to recruit the highly qualified candidates necessary during a time of war," said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn. "

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Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., added that supporters of the Solomon act "are the ones who are depriving the armed services of able-bodied people" because of the ban on gays. "You are the ones who have driven thousands, literally thousands, of perfectly capable men and women out of the military."

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 03:02 PM
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1. Churches: Please see "Solomon Act" before accepting faith-based money
Edited on Wed Feb-02-05 03:03 PM by IanDB1
Why don't the churches see this coming?

Aren't the parallels obvious?
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mom cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 04:14 PM
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2. Thanks Barney! Thanks for attesting to the insanity of homophobia.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 04:41 PM
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3. why does the military need to go on campuses at all?
why are we as taxpayers paying for all those nifty little recruiting offices in every shopping center across America?

and why are we as taxpayers paying for all those nifty little commercials that I see 24/7

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 06:42 PM
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4. Don't forget the video games. The Army has a recruitment videogame now.
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