Today (June 26, 2024) President Biden announced the Process in which Homosexuals Discharged from the US Military for being Gay can apply for a Pardon.
The affected Individuals can
apply for proof of eligibility and if they receive a Certificate of Pardon they
can apply to have their Military Discharge changed.
2,000 People may be eligible for
a Pardon.
Article 125 of the Uniform Code
of Military Justice criminalized Sodomy from 1951-2013.
Congress repealed
the portion of the Code that outlawed Consensual Sodomy in 2013.
This was separate from the “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell” Policy started under President Clinton in 1994 and repealed by
President Obama in 2011.
13,650 Homosexuals were Discharged
under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
100,000 Homosexuals were punished
and Discharged from the US Military from 1940 until 2013.
There are 79,000 openly Homosexuals
currently serving in the US Military.
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