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DADT Repeal Rubs Marines The Wrong Way

Jillian Bandes
Jillian Bandes  |  April 09, 2010 1:34 PM
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, recalling a statement from a fellow soldier about a buddy who he had served with in the Marine Corps:
He told me, 'When I first enlisted in the Marine Corps, homosexuality was illegal. When I reenlisted it was optional. I'm going to get out before it's mandatory.'