Military inadvertently recruits gays

Source: USA Today

The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.

When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings.

"This is the first I've heard about it," said Maj. Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, which will spend $6.5 million on Internet recruiting this year. "We didn't knowingly advertise on that particular website," which he said does not "meet the moral standards" of the military.

Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a Navy recruiting spokesman, said his service ordered more than 8,000 ads taken off GLEE, which stands for Gay, Lesbian & Everyone Else. By late Wednesday, most were gone.




Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-17-gayads_N.htm

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:rofl:

This hypocrisy is just one of the many reasons we have to throw huge bonuses out there to attract and retain soldiers. Most of them deserve every penny of it, but just sayin'.

:sarcasm: :spray:

on this topic!

This is too funny!

:rofl:

baptized in the holy waters of Glee?

I swear, so many of the wire stories are so absurd they have to be fiction. "Didn't knowingly advertise"! :rofl:

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I'm glad glee got some cash from the warmongers!

does not meet the moral standards of the military.... excuse me while I laugh uncontrollably for the next day, I'll try and make it back to my keyboard sometime tomorrow...

gays , lesbians, or anyone else?

Source: USA Today

The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.

When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking website for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings.

"This is the first I've heard about it," said Maj. Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, which will spend $6.5 million on Internet recruiting this year. "We didn't knowingly advertise on that particular website," which he said does not "meet the moral standards" of the military.

Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a Navy recruiting spokesman, said his service ordered more than 8,000 ads taken off GLEE, which stands for Gay, Lesbian & Everyone Else. By late Wednesday, most were gone.

Marine Corps ads on GLEE were only for two civilian jobs not covered by the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which allows gays to serve in uniform only if they keep quiet about their sexual orientation.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20071018/1a_bottomstrip18_dom.art.htm

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i jus have to laugh at this one.


on edit: typo

Bigoted bunch of fuckheads.

Just like Jeff Gannon. He likes men in uniform, even more when they're out of uniform. :sarcasm: