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Earlier this year, the Pentagon was required to get rid of its prohibition on openly serving gays for eight days after a federal judge in California ordered the armed forces to do so. The Justice Department has requested and a federal appeals court granted a temporary stay of the injunction (Gays in the Military Study: Most U.S. Troops, Families Say Gays OK, 2010). This debate is far from over. This argument is liable to continue into the next Presidential election. Since the democrats have lost their control in the
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