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Obama: I think the Boy Scouts should admit gay members

Allahpundit — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:31:25 +0000

Pressure.

Not surprising but still newsworthy given that he is, after all, the BSA’s honorary president and because I’m not sure we’d have gotten as unequivocal a statement from him a year ago, before he “evolved” on gay marriage. No doubt he would have supported gay scouts even then, but there might have been a “private [...]

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Another female veteran speaks on women in combat

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:01:19 +0000

The other side of the COIN

Previously, I offered some of my own admittedly last century feelings about sending American women into direct, front line combat roles. That sparked a fair bit of discussion, including the submission of a letter from a woman who has seen action in the war and who was surprisingly sympathetic with at least some of my [...]

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Some advice on women in combat from a female veteran

Jazz Shaw — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:01:53 +0000

Been there, done that

Yesterday’s column on women in combat elicited a number of passionate responses from both sides. Some of them came from proponents of the move, frequently citing alternate motives on my part. These ranged from “trying to keep women pregnant in the kitchen” and “Republicans want to lock women in the 1950s” to whichever variant of [...]

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