Winning The Future
by digby
This is pretty amazing. I grew up in the military and around it and I have to say that until recently I couldn’t have imagined active duty gay service members openly marching in a gay pride parade:
Despite all the procedural battles still going on, this one is a win for the good guys. And President Obama and the military brass deserve credit for getting it done when they had the chance. You can’t underestimate the symbolic value of it even beyond the individual right it finally acknowledges.
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