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Army fires 11 gay soldiers in January

by Ahmar Mustikhan | March 13, 2009 at 02:04 am

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Decadent and obscurantist views about gay lifestyle still prevails in the US military. Change it seems, the promised change, for gays in the US army is not coming soon.

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have promised equal justice for all, including gays in the military, but the US army seems oblivious of what the political leadership is saying.

In some ways, the US society is very sexist and homophobic. Many open-minded gays find the society so suffocating that they emigrate to more open societies like Belgium, Netherlands and Canada, for instance. This is a shame.

The fact that the upcoming census in 2010 will not address the gay issue --determine the numerical status of gays-- is a shame.

Good news, homophobes: The 2010 Census is going to make homosexuals disappear. Well, OK, they will still exist, just not officially. That's because the census will neither ask about sexual orientation nor recognize gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships. Married same-sex partners with a child won't even be considered "families." The U.S. Census Bureau simply isn't interested in a person''s "lifestyle," explains spokesperson Cynthia Endo, "This is all about the numbers" -- and gay people just don't count.