Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Call the lesbian platoons

The United States Military seemed more afraid of gay people than they are of terrorists ... If the terrorists ever got hold of this information, theyâ€™d get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.

— Rep. Gary Ackerman, speaking about the military's decision to discharge lesbian and gay servicemembers, including linguists who are able to translate Arabic.

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Submitted by liza on 9 February 2007 - 12:59am.
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