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Honoring All Soldiers
The military ban on gay soldiers speaking about their sexual orientation is closer to ending. On May 28, the U.S. House approved a defense authorization bill that includes a provision to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, one day after the Senate Armed Forces Committee approved a similar bill. Utah Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson voted in favor of the bill, although the rest of the Utah delegation voted against it. The bill’s passage is not guaranteed this year, but with many top military leaders backing the end to the policy, it seems to be a case of when, not if—despite the unwarranted fears of elected officials who, more often than not, have never worn a military uniform.
The military ban on gay soldiers speaking about their sexual orientation is closer to ending. On May 28, the U.S. House approved a defense authorization bill that includes a provision to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, one day after the Senate Armed Forces Committee approved a similar bill. Utah Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson voted in favor of the bill, although the rest of the Utah delegation voted against it. The bill’s passage is not guaranteed this year, but with many top military leaders backing the end to the policy, it seems to be a case of when, not if—despite the unwarranted fears of elected officials who, more often than not, have never worn a military uniform.
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Lake Effect | Milk Dud
nThe Provo Daily Herald supports the idea of breast-feeding. A baby’s got to eat, after all. The Herald just doesn’t want to see feeding time on social-networking sites. nA Jan. 2 editorial and Web poll shows broad support for Facebook’s decision to remove a bucolic photo of Provo mom Heather Farley breast-feeding her child in a flower garden. Farley and a group of “lactivi...
- Jan 7, 2009
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