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Top enlisted Marine on the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ — ‘Get over it’
The Command Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Micheal Barrett, the top non-commissioned officer, addressing Marines regarding the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell:”
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Gates to troops opposed to openly gay service members: Get over it
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on Sunday told a group of Marines that they do not have the option of leaving the service just because they disagree with the upcoming repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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U.S. Marines prepare for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly
The Associated Press reports on how Marines are preparing for the implementation for allowing gays and lesbians to openly serve in the U.S. military, ending the ban commonly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Ex-Marine convicted in stabbing death of gay Indiana professor
A jury in Indiana has convicted Michael Griffin, an ex-Marine, for the murder of 53-year-old Don Belton, an openly gay professor at Indiana University.
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Marine Commandant says ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal will cost lives, limbs
General James Amos, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps., underscored his opposition to repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” telling reporters Tuesday afternoon that Marines fighting in combat units in Afghanistan are extremely concerned that permitting gays to serve openly could disrupt “unit cohesion.”
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Marine commandant says ‘now is not the time’ to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
With American troops still fighting in Afghanistan, the new Commandant of the U.S. Marines Corps says “now is not the time” to overturn “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military ban on openly gay service members.
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Father of dead U.S. Marine ordered to pay organizers of anti-gay protest
The father of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq has been ordered to pay $16,510 to a family that protested his son’s funeral in Maryland. Albert Snyder sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church because they waved signs saying “God hates the USA,” “Matt is in Hell” and others bearing anti-gay slurs at the 2006 […]
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Marine’s top officer says he draws the line on gays bunking with straight soldiers
The Marine Corps’ top officer said Thursday that straight soldiers will not be asked to share rooms on base with openly gay soldiers if the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is repealed. Commandant Gen. James Conway said that even if the ban on openly-serving gays in the services is lifted, he would draw the […]