Pentagon reverses on listing of homosexuality as mental illness

http://pageoneq.com/news/2006/pentagon_062806.html

In response to the discovery that the Department of Defense had classified homosexuality as a mental illness, the Pentagon has released a statement changing the designation, PageOneQ has learned.

The classification became public when reported by news agencies on July 19, almost five years since it was first issued in 1996.

PageOneQ spoke with Lt. Colonel Jeremy Mertan from the Office of the Secretary of Defense's public affairs office. Colonel Mertan provided the following statement regarding the change in what is formally known as Department of Defense Instruction 1332.38 (Nov 14, 1996):

Full story: Pentagon reverses on listing of homosexuality as mental illness
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for managing to buy a clue. No sprinkles, though, in punishment for being so incredibly stupid in the first place.

They got caught so they decided to change their statement. If it hadn't become public they would have kept it until who-knows-when. :eyes:

profession hasn't used that since the 60s, when the Pentagon was just a widdle triangle."

By classifying homosexuality as a mental illness, you can't dodge the draft by claiming to be gay. Then, that would be considered "feigning a mental illness," and you could go to jail.

That's just my personal opinion of what they have in mind.

It'll be interesting to see what happens when 25% male citizens suddenly "turn gay" when their lottery number turns-up.