NYers celebrate historic vote for gay marriage (AP)
AP – Champagne corks popped, rainbow flags flapped and crowds embraced and danced in the streets of Manhattan’s Greenwich Village on Friday night moments after the New York Senate gave final approval to same-sex marriage, igniting wild celebrations at the Stonewall Inn, considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement.
NY Gov. Cuomo signs gay marriage law (AP)
AP – Same-sex marriage is now legal in New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that was narrowly passed by state lawmakers Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.
Schwarzenegger: Let same-sex weddings resume now (AP)
AP – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who twice vetoed legislation that would have legalized same-sex marriage, has surprised gay rights supporters by urging a federal judge to allow gay couples to resume marrying in the state without further delay.
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Fernando Espuelas: Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Bringing U.S. Military …
Interviewed by the BBC, Head of the British Army General Sir Richard Dannatt, said that: “One of the Army’s six Core Values is ‘Respect for Others’ and it is therefore our absolute duty to treat our fellow soldiers as we would wish to …
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Fernando Espuelas: Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Bringing U.S. Military …
Ben Nelson Switches From 'No' To 'Yes' On Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal
Also, are their any rules about dating in the military ? I suppose all the same rules would apply but would it be any different with genuine combat duty? (Office work is office work, uniform or not)
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Living as a lesbian in the 10th Mountain Division – By Tom Ricks …
My relationship lasted longer than most military marriages and yet I have no support. I still go to work everyday having to put up a front that everything is fine, because as far as anyone was concerned I wasn’t even dating anyone.
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Gay Troops Are Fit for Military Duty | Gay Rights | Change.org
Casual ” dating ” will lead to quick discovery. It depends on the psyche of the individual: you need to have some degree of a grip on yourself here. Of course, some don’t ..
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shriekinleek – North Staffordshire Regiment and the breaking of …
The storming of the great German defensive barrier- the Hindenburg Line- by men of North and South Staffordshire Regiments goes down as one of the greatest feats of arms carried out by the British Army , described by one military …
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Trans Pilot 'No Big Deal' For British RAF
Anyone who has read reports of this story will notice comments largely center on the same basic premise, saying that this is not the first case of people in the British Army transitioning, and indeed it won’t be the last.
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The Depressing State of the British Electorate
?would any of the oppistion partys increse the defence buget and and think about increesing the size of the royal navy and british army . also restoring the army regaments that were resently merged and disbanded under the labour …
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