"If a man is willing to serve his country in the most extraordinarily

ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Apr-21-10 06:32 PM
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"If a man is willing to serve his country in the most extraordinarily

Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 06:42 PM by ScreamingMeemie

dangerous military operation in the last century, that is a man who deserves to come home to an America where he can be proud of who he is. "

-Howard Dean

http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-05-01/opinion/17490224_1_presidential-hopeful-howard-dean-gay-rights-supporters-civil-union-bill

*and, I would like to add, he should be able to serve in a military where he can proud of who he is and not have to hide.

Mr. President, repeal DADT.

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ejpoeta

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Wed Apr-21-10 06:34 PM
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1. he should come home to a country that affords him the same rights as

any other citizen including the right to marry.

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ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Apr-21-10 06:42 PM
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3. +1

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Ichingcarpenter

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Wed Apr-21-10 06:38 PM
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2. I supported Dean then went to Kerry

Edited on Wed Apr-21-10 06:39 PM by Ichingcarpenter

in order to win, something, anything.

The Battles are not over

�A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.�
Oscar Wilde

�All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.�
Galileo Galile

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ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Apr-21-10 06:43 PM
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4. I supported Dean and will be honest in that I held my nose while campaigning

for Kerry. But I campaigned for Kerry.

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truedelphi

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Wed Apr-21-10 07:18 PM
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5. K & R. This statement should go without saying -

Sad commentary on our nation that this has to be said REPEATEDLY!

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ScreamingMeemie

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Wed Apr-21-10 10:37 PM
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6. It is a sad commentary.

I remember hearing Dean talk about this 80 year old WWII vet after civil unions began in Vermont. It shouldn't be this way.

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