All posts tagged "military"
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The Pride of Thomas Roberts
Nearly six years ago, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts told attendees at the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association that he was gay. It was, he says,...
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DOJ Won’t Defend DOMA, Other Laws Preventing Equal Treatment for Servicemembers With Same-Sex Spouses
The Department of Justice sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today stating that the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would not be...
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The Next Battle
The new issue of OutServe Magazine, which is available online and at select military bases and outside of certain installations across the world, takes on...
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Battles Ahead
''It's so romantic to think that I would be able to marry you on my leave,'' Army Capt. Steve Hill says he told the man...
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SLDN Takes Aim at DOMA
On Monday, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers...
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SLDN Lawyers Tell Court “American Servicemembers and Their Families Are Among DOMA’s Victims”
Today, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers in...
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Court Rejects LCR Rehearing
Although the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' was finalized Sept. 20, the lawsuit brought by Log Cabin Republicans challenging the constitutionality of DADT had...
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Over and Out
''That's a dream come true,'' retired Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt said, watching servicemembers celebrating the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' on Tuesday, Sept....
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House Holdouts
After Congress passed and the president signed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act in December 2010, all the action that Congress needed to take...
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The Line to Re-enlist
For former Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Johnson, Sept. 20 could not come fast enough. In 2007, after serving for 10 years, Johnson came...
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Imagining a Better Future
''For many of us, this is a dream long deferred,'' Michelle Benecke says. ''I've been working on this for 22 years, since I resigned my...
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Choi Turned Down Offer to Dismiss Charges, E-mail Reveals
Former Army Lt. Dan Choi, the prominent “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal advocate currently facing a charge of failure to obey an order by a...
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DADT's Countdown
An earlier version of this story was published at 5:53 p.m. July 22. The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” passed its last significant hurdle...
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White House Objects to DADT Amendment
The White House is expressing ''serious objections'' this evening to an amendment approved by the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on May 11 that would...
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Outspoken, Ep. 26 — SLDN Dinner: DADT Repeal
In this special edition, we attend the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) National Dinner on Saturday, March 19, to ask guests -- including Col. Grethe...
