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Biden pardons thousands of US veterans convicted under law banning gay sex (www.theguardian.com)

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Joe Biden has moved to correct a “great injustice” by pardoning thousands of US veterans convicted over six decades under a military law that banned gay sex.

The presidential proclamation, which comes during Pride month and an election year, allows LGBTQ+ service members convicted of crimes based solely on their sexual orientation to apply for a certificate of pardon that will help them receive withheld benefits.

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It grants clemency to service members convicted under Uniform Code of Military Justice article 125 – which criminalised sodomy, including between consenting adults – between 1951 and 2013, when it was rewritten by Congress.

That includes victims of the 1950s “lavender scare”, a witch-hunt in which many LGBTQ+ people employed by the federal government were viewed as security risks amid fears their sexual orientation made them vulnerable to blackmail. Thousands were investigated and fired or denied employment.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’m sure there were a few more pressing matters to deal with

That's always the excuse. And then you lose by 40,000 votes because your candidate reeks of sleeze and entitlement. What could Obama, Biden, and Hilary have done differently back in 2016?

How about doing the right thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What could they have done differently??? They could have fought the Russian influence, that would have put an end to this shit before it started. The democrats didn't vote because it was laughable tRump would win. Now they know how serious it is because tRump is a man child, and will vote.

My response was to yours about doing this now for the votes. My point stands, it makes zero difference on votes. You respond like a bot/troll. Which is it?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They could have fought the Russian influence

How much more money do we need to spend on the NSA and CIA to say we did that?

The democrats didn’t vote because it was laughable tRump would win

Democrats turned out in droves for Obama in 2008, despite the fact that McCain was one of the weakest candidates of my lifetime. The decline in 2012 was in direct response to a federal government that had thrown in the towel and a party that only knew how to compromise with the most greedy and cynical conservatives in their own party. But by 2016, they'd hit their functional floor. Hillary only lost 100,000 votes relative to Obama, four years earlier.

Do you think more democrats would have turned out against a John Kasich or Macro Rubio because they were less laughable? Do you think democrats would have turned out against a Low Energy Jeb campaign?

No. The problem democrats had in 2016 was an enormous surge in Republican turnout. 2M more Republicans climbed aboard the Trump train than Mitt Romney had. Four years later, Trump had accumulated an extra 12M votes. He crested Obama's 2008 total by 9M votes. Trump won by tapping into the American fascist Id.

You respond like a bot/troll.

So I'm either a formulaic mechanical pre-generated response or a slick, sarcastic human being trying to get your goat?

Real "my enemy is both weak and strong" hours. No wonder they call it Blue MAGA.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's a lot of words to say you're a troll.