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28 Jul 2006 06:56 pm
Question of the Day
"Are you now or have you ever been ... involved in community theater?"
Apparently that was the question military investigators asked a decorated Arab linguist servicemember before outing him and firing him from service to his country. I'm glad the military has its priorities, er, straight.
(Update: the best revenge for getting kicked out of the army because you're gay ... is taking the male lead in a community theater production of "Bye Bye Birdie." I'm really not making this up.)
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