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Sarah Palin's 'Assclown' Moment

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wrenchwench4/29/2013 10:17:30 am PDT

re: #327 Decatur Deb

Found some history. From Wiki:

With the mass mobilization and deployment of troops for operations in World War II, it became impractical to convene court-martial boards for homosexual conduct offenses. Commanders instead issued blue discharges - a form of administrative military discharge - to gay personnel. The blue discharge, which was also issued disproportionately to African Americans, was neither honorable nor dishonorable. However, blue discharge holders faced difficulties in civilian life because the blue discharge carried with it a negative association. The Veterans Administration denied blue-discharge veterans the benefits of the G.I. Bill as a general policy.[7] In 1944, a policy directive ordered that homosexuals were to be committed to military hospitals, examined by psychiatrists and discharged under Regulation 615-360, section 8.[8]

en.wikipedia.org

Ben Shapiro wants to return to those times.