T U E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 2 2 , 2 0 0 5Royal Navy Recruiting Gays -- GannonGuckertTo Sign Up?by Michael in New York on 2/22/2005 10:06:00 PMThe US military continues to spend millions of dollars a yeartraining gay and lesbian soldiers and then millions more towitchhunt these brave Americans and kick them out.</p><p> It'sdamaging national security, damaging our ability to projectpower around the world and -- given the absurd blackballing ofqueer specialists in Arabic languages -- could well stop us frompreventing the next 9-11.To prove how far behind we are, look at the British military:like almost every other Western democracy -- including Canadaand Israel -- they've stopped attacking soldiers who want toserve their country but happen to be gay.</p><p> Now they're going astep further, with the Royal Navy set to actively recruit gays.So if JamesJeff GuckertGannon is looking to make a careerswitch, why not try the Royal Navy? 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