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• US ARY ACCEPTS OPENLY GAY RECS
• US ARY ACCEPTG GAY RECS
• PENTAGON TO RECERS: ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS
• MILARY TOLD TO ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS
• U.S. MILARY OPEN TO GAY RECS
• MILARY RECERS TOLD THEY N ACCEPT OPENLY GAY APPLINTS
• U.S. MILARY MOV TO ACCEPT GAY RECS
• MILARY RECERS TOLD TO ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS AFTER SOCAL RULG
• ADVANCE WARNING: OCTOBER IS “GAY” RECRUITMENT MONTH
• U.S. MILARY MOV TO ACCEPT GAY RECS
• US ARMY ACCEPTG GAY APPLINTS, BUT THERE'S A TCH
• 'THE POLICE FORCE SPERATELY NEEDS MORE BLACK, BROWN AND GAY RECS'
• KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

US ARY ACCEPTS OPENLY GAY RECS

Ameri's ary yterday began acceptg openly gay recs to s ranks for the first time s history as the ntroversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy suffered another ser move after California judge Virgia Phillips led last week that the policy – which had prevly seen openly gay soldiers kicked out of the US armed servic – was illegal, and orred a global junctn to halt the Obama admistratn is seekg to appeal agast that legal cisn, the Pentagon has now told s recers across the untry to accept applitns om openly gay men and women. Some gay rights activists have warned that gay applints should still not reveal their sexualy for fear that the policy may be restated if the ernment's appeal is succsful.

At the same time, the Pentagon advice to ary recers directs them not to quire of a person's sexualy, and not to disqualify any ndidat who openly adm to beg gay. "If they were to self-adm that they are gay and want to enlist, we will procs them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal suatn uld change, " Douglas Smh, spokman for US army recg mand based at Fort Knox Kentucky, told the Associated Prs. Gettg rid of "don't ask, don't tell" has long been one of the ma aims of gay rights groups Ameri, who argue that is highly discrimatory a way that would not be tolerated of any other social group.

Prev attempts to dch wh a ngrsnal vote have failed and Obama's polil fluence on such a ntroversial subject is wang as Democrats gear up for a potentially vastatg feat November's midterm has left gay groups argug that the bt optn to get rid of an unjt practice is simply not to appeal agast Phillips's lg, which the judge herself rerced yterday by refg a ernment legal requt to lay enforcement of her junctn.

US ARY ACCEPTG GAY RECS

"[We] appld Jtice Phillips for her learship helpg end such a discrimatory policy, " said a statement om the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast uncerta stat of the law has ed much nfn wh an stutn that has historilly discrimated agast gay people. Before the 1993 law, the ary banned them and clared them patible wh ary have been stanc which gays have served, wh the knowledge of their natns, cludg Israel, Canada, Germany and Swen, allow openly gay troops, acrdg to the Log Cab Republins, a gay rights group and platiff the lawsu before Phillips. Image ptn, New gay recs are warned that their applitns may be rejected if the latt lg is overturnedThe US ary has started acceptg gay recs after a California judge last week stck down the "don't ask, don't tell" policy barrg openly gay people om the US Department of Defense says new gay recs are warned the repeal of the law may be Pentagon is appealg agast the cisn and had asked the judge to restate the ban the Judge Virgia Phillips on Tuday formally refed that gay activist groups were planng to send people to enlist at recg statns to tt the Pentagon's announcement that was acceptg recs who openly state that they are gay.

"If they were to self adm that they are gay and want to enlist, we will procs them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal suatn uld change, " Douglas Smh, spokman for US Army Recg Command at Fort Knox, Kentucky, said.

Print Barack Obama has vowed to end the policy, but most advisers agree the print nnot end the ban on gays servg openly the ary whout ngrsnal or legal actn.

PENTAGON TO RECERS: ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS

Some Pentagon officials have said allowg openly gay ary personnel would necsate dramatic policy chang on everythg om hog and surance to protol at social California, Judge Phillips, clared that the policy vlated gay ary members' rights to ee speech and to equal protectn unr the lawsu that prompted the junctn agast the ban was brought by the Log Cab Republins, a pro-gay Republin group, on behalf of openly gay ary personnel who had been on this story. Many straight, gay and bisexual men have said that the shared showers, latr and changg areas; the pent-up horns and need for sexual exprsn all make the ary a place that awakens same-sex sire. Th, homoerotic iatn ruals allow servicemembers to flict the ab they’ve endured and also tt new members’ willgns to subm to tradn and group-thk whout succumbg to emotn or “stctive” homosexual sir.

Jane Ward, thor of Not Gay: Sex between Straight Whe Men, says that the thkg surroundg the ruals is, “If you endure together this kd of mortifyg, huiatg and embarrassg homosexual act, then that not only toughens up your body, but will also build and strengthen that bond around you. ”The Army has been makg a staed effort to appeal to more diverse groups recent years, wh LGBT+, ethnic mory groups, and women remag severely unrreprented wh s ranks, particularly high-level om 2011 have openly gay, lbian, and bisexual people been permted to serve the US ary. ETThe ary is acceptg openly gay recs for the first time the natn's history, even as tri the urts to slow the movement to abolish s "don't ask, don't tell" least two service members discharged for beg gay began the procs to re-enlist after the Pentagon's Tuday announcement.

In New York, an Iraq War veteran who was discharged om the Army Natnal Guard bee he announced publicly that he is gay said he tried to jo the Mar Tuday at a Tim Square recg statn. Pentagon to Gay Troops: Stay Closet For NowGov't Wants "Don't Ask" Policy to Stay for NowObama May Seek Fast Appeal of "Don't Ask" OrrGat: Court Shouldn't Set Policy on "Don't Ask"Meanwhile, a feral judge California who overturned the 17-year policy last week was likely to reject the ernment's latt effort to halt her orr tellg the ary to stop enforcg the Jtice Department will likely appeal if she do not spend her Defense Department has said would ply wh U. Recers also have been told to rm potential recs that the moratorium on enforcement of the policy uld be reversed at any time, if the lg is appealed or the urt grants a stay, she rights groups were ntug to tell service members to avoid revealg that they are gay, fearg they uld fd themselv trouble should the law be restated.

MILARY TOLD TO ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS

"What people aren't really gettg is that the discretn and utn that gay troops are showg now is exactly the same standard of nduct that they will adhere to when the ban is lifted permanently, " said Aaron Belk, executive director of the Palm Center, a thk tank on gays and the ary at the Universy of California Santa Barbara. "An Air Force officer and -founr of a gay service member support group lled OutServe said fancial nsiratns are playg a big role gay service members stayg quiet. "The ary has fancially trapped , " he said, notg that he uld owe the ary about $200, 000 if he were to be officer, who asked not to be intified for fear of beg discharged, said he's hearg creasgly about heterosexual service members approachg gay lleagu and tellg them they n e out also said more gay service members are g out to their peers who are iends, while keepg their orientatn secret om learship.

"It's only logil that a stay should be granted to avoid the nfn that is already occurrg wh reports that the Pentagon is tellg recers to beg acceptg homosexual applints, " said Tony Perks, the print of the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative advocy group based Washgton that supports the uncerta stat of the law has ed much nfn wh an stutn that has historilly discrimated agast the 1993 law, the ary banned gays entirely and clared them patible wh ary service.

U.S. MILARY OPEN TO GAY RECS

There have been stanc which gays have served, wh the knowledge of their natns, cludg Israel, Canada, Germany and Swen, allow openly gay troops, acrdg to the Log Cab Republins, a gay rights group and platiff the lawsu before Pentagon guidance to recers after Dan Woods, the group's attorney, sent a letter last week warng the Jtice Department that Army recers who turned away Omar Lopez At, Texas may have ed the ernment to vlate Phillips' junctn.

MILARY RECERS TOLD THEY N ACCEPT OPENLY GAY APPLINTS

"If they were to self-adm that they are gay and want to enlist, we will procs them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal suatn uld change, " Smh said the enlistment procs tak time and recers have been told to rm those who are openly gay that they uld be clared eligible if the law is upheld on appeal. That would send the se to the 9th Circu Court of Appeals San Phillips' lg last week, Lopez — discharged om the Navy 2006 after admtg his gay stat to his ary doctor — walked to an Army recg office At and asked if he uld re-enlist. SAN FRANCISCO—Spokpersons for the Natnal Gay & Lbian Recment Task Force announced Monday that more than 288, 000 straights have been nverted to homosexualy sce Jan.

# Converted To HomosexualyThis Week's Most Viral News: July 28, 2023OffEnglish"Thanks to the tirels efforts of our missnari natnwi, the first seven months of 1998, nearly 300, 000 heterosexuals were ensnared the Pk Triangle, " said NGLRTF -director Patricia Emmonds. " Emmonds creded much of the recg succs to the gay lobby's filtratn of Ameri's public schools, where programs promotg the homosexual liftyle are regularly prented to children as young as 5. " "When I grow up, I want to be gay, " said Christopher Ln, 8, a send-grar at Philalphia's Laki Elementary School, one of thoands of public schools natnwi that actively promote the homosexual agenda.

U.S. MILARY MOV TO ACCEPT GAY RECS

" In addn to school programs that target youths, the NGLRTF lnched a $630 ln advertisg mpaign this year an effort to nvert adults to homosexualy. "The gay liftyle is for me, " said Jam Miller, an Oklahoma Cy father of four who recently moved to Provcetown, MA, to pursue a reer bath-hoe management.

" Though Emmonds said gays have been tremendoly succsful tearg at the fabric of society and subvertg basic cency, she strsed that their work is far om over. SAN DIEGO — The ary is acceptg openly gay recs for the first time the natn’s history, even as tri the urts to slow the movement to abolish s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

MILARY RECERS TOLD TO ACCEPT GAY APPLINTS AFTER SOCAL RULG

While activists were gog to enlist, gay rights groups were ntug to tell service members to avoid revealg that they are gay, fearg they uld fd themselv trouble should the law be restated. “What people aren’t really gettg is that the discretn and utn that gay troops are showg now is exactly the same standard of nduct that they will adhere to when the ban is lifted permanently, ” said Aaron Belk, executive director of the Palm Center, a thk tank on gays and the ary at the Universy of California Santa Barbara. Twenty-ne natns, cludg Israel, Canada, Germany and Swen, allow openly gay troops, acrdg to the Log Cab Republins, a gay rights group and platiff the lawsu before Phillips.

“If they were to self-adm that they are gay and want to enlist, we will procs them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal suatn uld change, ” Smh said.

ADVANCE WARNING: OCTOBER IS “GAY” RECRUITMENT MONTH

He said the enlistment procs tak time and recers have been told to rm those who are openly gay that they uld be clared eligible if the law is upheld on appeal. After Phillips’ lg last week, Lopez — discharged om the Navy 2006 after admtg his gay stat to his ary doctor — walked to an Army recg office At and asked if he uld re-enlist. It distguish between speech regardg sexual orientatn, and evably, fay relatnships and daily activi, by and about gay and lbian service members which is banned, and speech on those subjects by and about heterosexual service members, which is permted.

In the meantime, however, Pentagon spokwoman Cynthia Smh asserts that recers were given top-level orrs to accept applitns om recs who adm that they are gay. The same service member nfirms that gay ary personnel are slowly revealg their orientatn to iends and peers the ary, while simultaneoly tryg to keep their secret om ary officials.

U.S. MILARY MOV TO ACCEPT GAY RECS

“It’s only logil that a stay should be granted to avoid the nfn that is already occurrg wh reports that the Pentagon is tellg recers to beg acceptg homosexual applitns, ” explas Tony Perks, print of the Fay Rearch Council. Photo: In this April 16, 2010 picture, members of the ary stand together after they handcuffed themselv to the fence outsi the Whe Hoe durg a prott for gay rights: AP Imag.

Pentagon accepts openly gay recsSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Judge reaffirms lg allowg gays and lbians to aryRecg statns are not askg about sexual orientatnThe Pentagon says given the lg, recers n accept gay and lbian ndidatAre you servg the ary, or are you a vet? ' Washgton (CNN) -- The Pentagon has advised recg mands that they n accept openly gay and lbian rec ndidat, given the recent feral urt cisn that bars the ary om expellg openly gay service members, acrdg to a Pentagon spokwoman. District Court Judge Virgia Phillips California nied the ernment's requt for an emergency stay of her orr barrg the ary om enforcg s ban on gay men and lbians servg openly.

US ARMY ACCEPTG GAY APPLINTS, BUT THERE'S A TCH

” But the Department of Jtice, followg s tradn of fendg laws passed by Congrs, has fought efforts by the Log Cab Republins, a gay anizatn, to overturn the policy. ”Cynthia Smh, a Pentagon spokwoman, would not addrs a qutn about whether a rec who volunteered that he was gay durg the current spensn of the law might face expulsn om the ary if the cisn were appealed.

'THE POLICE FORCE SPERATELY NEEDS MORE BLACK, BROWN AND GAY RECS'

” Elae Donnelly, the founr of the Center for Milary Reads, a nservative anizatn that oppos gay service the ary, said Congrs, unr the Constutn, has the thory to draft l for the Department of Jtice, she add, acted properly by filg s requt for a stay.

KEV MAXEN, JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH, OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Lopez and other openly gay recs meant that “the Defense Department would appear to be vlatn of the urt’s junctn and subject to catn for ntempt” of Lopez, a llege stunt At, Tex., said he is not a member of the Log Cab Republins, and fact is “mostly Democrat.