Gay Activists Apply To Serve In MN National Guard

struggle4progress

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Tue May-30-06 11:23 PM
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Gay Activists Apply To Serve In MN National Guard

May 30, 2006 5:12 pm US/Central

AP) Minneapolis Two gay activists applied to serve in the National Guard on Tuesday, saying they hoped to spotlight the unfairness of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" law.

Jacob Reitan and Haven Herrin had expected to be rejected on the spot, and planned a sit-in protest of the law. Instead, their applications were taken and set aside to be processed after a trespassing charge is resolved from an earlier demonstration.

"I'm willing to serve," Reitan said. "I have a right to serve my country." ...

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_150075043.html

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Tue May-30-06 11:31 PM
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1. Who needs these homos anyway...

When all the young Republicans are lining up across the block to join the military?

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