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Nearly Sane

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"Falklands veteran 'forced out over sexuality' will get medal back"
« on: December 10, 2019, 12:02:30 PM »
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Re: "Falklands veteran 'forced out over sexuality' will get medal back"
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2019, 01:53:40 PM »
About time too, what took them so long? :o
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Re: "Falklands veteran 'forced out over sexuality' will get medal back"
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2019, 03:26:41 PM »
Quote from: Littleroses on December 10, 2019, 01:53:40 PM
About time too, what took them so long? :o

I'm thinking more along the lines of why they did it in the first place. Even if you have a rule against gay people that means you boot them out of the service (which you shouldn't), that's no reason to take away their medals. The fact that he was bisexual had no bearing on the conduct that got him awarded the medal in the first place.
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Re: "Falklands veteran 'forced out over sexuality' will get medal back"
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2019, 03:30:55 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on December 10, 2019, 03:26:41 PM
I'm thinking more along the lines of why they did it in the first place. Even if you have a rule against gay people that means you boot them out of the service (which you shouldn't), that's no reason to take away their medals. The fact that he was bisexual had no bearing on the conduct that got him awarded the medal in the first place.

Well said.
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