Top Marine says service embracing gay ban repeal after earlier warning of trouble in wartime<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Since the lifting two months ago of a longstanding U.S. ban on gays serving openly in the military, U.S. Marines across the globe have adapted smoothly and embraced the change, says …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Marines, of all the services, appear to be dealing with openly gay troops pretty well. #ddtb Embedded Link Top Marine says service embracing gay ban repeal after earlier warning of trouble in wartime MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 Since the lifting two months ago of a longstanding U.S. ban on gays serving openly in the military, … Continue reading “Good news on DADT”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,25,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-gay-stuff","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25270,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/10\/gop-now-openly-in-favor-of-corporate-bought-elections.html","url_meta":{"origin":24107,"position":0},"title":"GOP now openly in favor of corporate-bought elections","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Jan-12 2:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Letting corporations contribute directly to candidates? 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