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  • Gates gives nod to Don't Ask repeal deal

    05/25/2010 10:47:42 AM PDT · by pissant · 25 replies · 552+ views
    Politico ^ | 5/25/10 | Laura Rosen
    After a conspicuous silence overnight in the wake of the Senate Armed Services Committee reaching a compromise on repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates weighs in today with a somewhat muted endorsement: he can live with it. "Secretary Gates continues to believe that ideally the DOD review should be completed before there is any legislation to repeal the Don't Ask Don't Tell law," Gates' spokesman Geoff Morrell emailed journalists this morning.
  • ACLU threat drives Scouts out of schools (but this title is inaccurate)

    03/11/2005 4:11:21 PM PST · by RonF · 16 replies · 595+ views
    World Net Daily ^ | 3/11/05 | Staff Writer
    The Boy Scouts of America is pulling the charters of thousands of scouting units from public schools in an effort to spare them from lawsuits threatened by the American Civil Liberties Union. In a letter sent to the BSA last month, the ACLU vowed to take legal action against public schools and other taxpayer-funded governmental agencies that charter Scout groups, claiming their sponsorship amounts to religious discrimination and violates the separation of church and state. The ACLU specifically takes issue with the Scouts' pledge of allegiance to God and country and the organization's prohibition of homosexuals as scout masters. BSA...