GottaLaff ,
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👏🏻President is expected to pardon US veterans who were convicted by the military over a 60-year period under a military law that banned gay sex, three US officials told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-expected-pardon-veterans-convicted-gay-sex-law?cid=ios_app

chessert ,
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Next, give them the pay & benefits they should have had.

GottaLaff OP ,
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@chessert He can only do so much.

chessert ,
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@GottaLaff
That wasn't a dig at Joe B. I like Joe B., and will vote for him again. I just wanted to point out that some people dedicated their lives to the US military, and were treated very badly in consequence of their sexual orientation. Others were able to continue to full retirement by hiding their true selves. And that is an injustice to those who were brave enough to be honest. Just my opinion.

nutmeg ,

@GottaLaff Sorry for my naive question (am not a citizen of the US): Why has it taken so long? Why hasn't it happened already under Obama's or Clinton's terms? Thanks! 😄

GottaLaff OP ,
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@nutmeg No idea

AndiPopp ,
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@GottaLaff This is how presidential pardons are meant to be used. Not to get your cronies out of the slammer like the other guy did it.

Aviva_Gary ,
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@GottaLaff now we're talking

zagebo ,
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@GottaLaff read pardon as parody :/

damkina ,

@GottaLaff Huge!

secoiqq ,
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@GottaLaff It's never too late to make things right. Gay men and women have been soldiering since the species has existed. It's about time we recognized their devotion and sacrifice to the nation by serving and dying in defense of the Republic. Meanwhile, some paid to get out of the draft and call veterans losers and suckers, that my friend is a coward, plain and simple.

OnePlanet ,
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@GottaLaff

Love this 💕

GottaLaff OP ,
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@OnePlanet Me too!

unclepj ,
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That is excellent news!

GottaLaff OP ,
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@unclepj SO good.

unclepj ,
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@GottaLaff I’ll take whatever good news I can get with how rough the + community has been treated in today’s sorry political climate.

otownKim ,
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@unclepj @GottaLaff Agreed! I needed many Mental breaks over the last few weeks. I don't even know if I can handle the Debate

unclepj ,
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@otownKim @GottaLaff I know that I can’t. I can’t stand to even hear TFG talk. He disgusts me at a primal level. I cannot.

I’ll read about it and likely get just as angry as if I were to watch it. So lose/lose for me. I’ll have to take a break from social media for a day or so, I’m sure.

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