President Biden pardons LGBTQ+ service members convicted for sexual orientation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- President Biden announces pardons for U.S. veterans convicted under military laws banning same-sex relationships. This decision follows a year-long CBS News investigation revealing the lasting impact of these convictions on LGBTQ+ veterans, even more than a decade after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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I would like to say LOUDLY, Thankyou to ALL our veterans. You have ALL been a part of our wars, and protecting our country.
Again THANKYOU
Receiving military benefits has nothing to do with what consenting adults do. Give them what they're owed!
Absolutely! I hate the way we treat veterans. They fought for us. And for that, I thank you gentlemen.
Nope I was in the army you are disobeying direct orders. UMCJ action is not civilian law
That behavior is why we don't have women in combat arms. That specific behavior is just a distraction and will get service members killed, you don't know u never served in any kind of service operations
Being gay is not a crime and the government owes these people compensation.
The government is already throwing enough money in the garbage. Being gay actually WAS a crime in certain times and places, and it's nauseating in ALL times and places...we don't owe Sweetie a God-damned thing...
It was.
Neither is marriage to someone of a different race!!
They are being compensated. They're now entitled to the benefits they didn't receive due to not being honorably discharged.
@@cooliipie maybe 50 years ago
Rather than pardon, it should be a reversal of the conviction with the government's apology. Also change the damn law.
Exactly
Vote blue and it could happen! Vote red and it never will
They shouldn’t have to apply. This should be automatic. How many-possibly homeless Veterans-will fall through the cracks?
And what about the ones who sense passed away
About time! This is long over due. Hope VA benefits will soon follow.
It won't.
@@LittleBigMac_1 It will. Clemency entitles them to withheld benefits.
@@billymadison8574 lmfao false.
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@@LittleBigMac_1 I get you're digging ur heels in to exercise ignorance, but clemency literally allows service members to petition to get their discharge upgraded & recover lost benefits. Maybe just try reading occasionally? 🤷♂️
Just shows you how little this country cares about its service members!
Biden is trying to do what he can! If Trump wins he could reverse it! Vote Everyone Blue
I had no idea this was even a thing. Why have we not heard more about this?? And why are they only now getting pardoned?!?
I had the same thoughts. This has flown under the radar for far too long.
The GAYS been telling everyone that it's been like this for decades... but conservatives and the Republican party triple down on the rhetoric that it was nothing more than "the GAY AGENDA!". YES, yes it was the Gay AGENDA. The Gay AGENDA that was equal treatment and benefits of those who served. Don't Ask Don't Tell was an abomination of an experiment.
@floridagirl4407 Because we now have someone at the helm who cares about our military personnel, does not call them "suckers and losers" like "private bone spurs" Trump did. Voting blue to protect women's rights and our Republic! Biden/Harris 2024
2 years of prison for being gay? That's BS.
I served in the USMC during "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." It was humiliating and terrifying hiding being gay, with the risk of going to the brig if caught. When my boyfriend died, I had to hide what was happening to me. I turned to drugs and alcohol to get through it, but luckily made friends who helped me. I don’t want their pardon; I want an apology.
God forbid they just pardon everyone and make it automatic. Instead they have to jump through hoops. Typical!
As well he should.
Why did this take so long?
Easy the polls are close and Joey hopes this will help swing the numbers.
@@TheJuanshouse
Some have waited 50 yrs!!
Shameful that this ever happened. Our country owes compensation to every Gay service member dishonorably discharged
Yes, I agree - 💯!!
Finally!!
Finally, something that isn't real being publicized
@@LittleBigMac_1 what are you talking about?? These are real service members...
@@DakotaFord592 He's just bitter & sad. Has more to do w/ his quality of life and not this story
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MAGA not happy about this
What else is new? Miserable people.
You got that right....if nothing else, it's just such a ridiculous waste of time....
@@tgriffin3059 Totally. MAGA trolls hate the troops. Yet they love calling themselves 'patriots' while despising *actual* patriots
@@tgriffin3059well some people are a waste of space with how prejudiced they can be.
Oh well thats their issue. Lol
Well, I gotta give credit where credit is due… this was overdue
Imagine getting punished for who you love after willing to take arms and die for your country..
This is long overdue yet fantastic news! ❤
The military stance on the gays did suck.
What
Why do we expect the leaders to do EVERYTHING all at one time!!! President Biden came in with his "plate" overflowing!!! Hello...covid!!! It never should have been acceptable but thank goodness this is being done!!!
BRAVO BIDEN!!. . . . COMPENSATION A MUST, FOR AN UNJUST PUNISHMENT. . .
What?! This should have been done.
dana t.
Leave it to Biden.....always got his mind on practical things.
Its not like prejudiced people have any plans that are better... you aren't s either
@@johnkountouris3288 What you refer to as 'prejudiced' people are simply adults who make sound decisions based on common sense and love of country. The world is a different place when you just do what's right because it's right.
I hope the veterans receive benefits dating back to the dates of their unjust 'convictions'.
Yes. Yes. And why are Binden's efforts to pass legislation to protect workers from heat - like availability of water, shade, etc. -- not featured in your station and others?
Don’t know what you mean.
Legislation is needed for ppl to use a hat or umbrella & carry a water bottle...?
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This further proves the efforts the president has taken to bring Americans a sense of Amrican cohesiveness. If only he took it a bit further to include servicemen & women with less than Honorable discharges for violating military law interracial marriage. Legal since 1967 (Loving vs. Virginia).
Good.
Hell, even if it is being done to get votes, I would rather it be done period. The opposite- avoiding any crucial legislation because it is an election year- is even worse.
This is a good move and I wholly approve; but it's interesting that Biden (or, really, Biden's admin - Biden's not coming up with this stuff) isn't doing anything that voters are most concerned about. Even his executive order on the border has simply made it easier for immigrants to bypass parole and arrest. It's a pretty good gaslighting attempt, but many are calling out the facts.
Good. I hope they're compensation is backdated to the date they were forced out. They have a right to it. ❤
Oh Ameroca America
How many people are we talking about?
Probably 69
@@joelt00b Bro...u gotta tweet that to Tekashi. It's gonna blow his mind 🤤👍
It reportedly affects 2,000+ former service members
THOUSANDS actually
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About time!
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I am very critical of Mr. Biden, but I whole heartedly support this.
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Wow, intriguing!
I support this. However, the fact that this wasn’t passed when “don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed or in the 13 years since it was repealed (mind you, we had a Democratic president for 9 of those years), leaves me to believe the Democratic Party was saving this move for a lackluster Presidential nominee who desperately needs votes in an election year. This is a great example of why the Democratic Party is struggling at uniting their party.
And yet the democrats are the ones changing things not the republicans who don’t care at all.
So, um when DADT was repealed they actually did cover dishonorable discharges. This seems like an accidental error.
My question is why do you think politicians are omnipotent? Why is correcting an error Republican or democrat viewed as some sort of conspiracy almost always?
Maybe. But I also wonder if it was about getting the process an order because they felt like it would probably be done by the next president, but the one that they expected to win end up losing when she was running.
@@iMatti00makes sense. Hillary would have def continue the Obama policy.
@@iMatti00 I think if Hilary won and her performance as President was like Bidens, she would’ve been writing the same pardons back in 2020 in hope to buy votes just like he is right now. I think the only reason Obama didn’t is because overturning “don’t ask don’t tell” was a major win for LGBTQ+ for 2011 and he was confident in his 2012 bid. I think the only reason he didn’t pardon in his second term was that he had no idea Hilary would lose to Trump.
This is such a big deal. We are on a better path now.
How odd just in time for re-election desperation setting in..
Very possibly, but are you aware that one person handling domestic policy are in one of the biggest countries in the world along with foreign policy is a lot to deal with, so not everything can be done in a couple of months?
And also, a lot of politicians do things around election time because the public has a very short memory.
@@iMatti00 are you referring to Grandpa Biden🤨
Oh well
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Thank you Mr President ❤🤍💙🙏👑🕯️💖🕊️
Biden is so desperate! I hope those affected by this will also get benefits like military pensions restored retroactively.
Are you ok? Lol you are mad Biden do something positive for these people?
Trump sure never addressed this.
Even the reporters just mentioned why it took him nearly four years to come to this conclusion. It’s pandering strategy.
@@melissabruhn1429 because it's not important-_-
@@melissabruhn1429neither did Obama
Ezekiel 16:49
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Don't care
Fairy tails
The cost of living is through the roof and they're working on this. What about the Marine still locked up in Russia?
Soooooo the government does a lot of things everyday. You do realize this right? DOS would handle the marine and cost of living…. Brooooo. I agree completely I just don’t see what can be done about cost of living without congressional action.😊
The federal government can walk and chew gum at the same time. Plus, for better or worse pardons are extremely easy to do. And as far as the marine who’s locked up in Russia, that’s his own damn fault. I have sympathy for everybody, but he basically asked for it. There are a couple other people in Russia that did not ask for it, so they should’ve got out.
And imagine if someone was on death row or anywhere else in prison, and they were going to get out but you had people saying to let them rot in prison because the president needs to be focusing on economic issues. But like I said, the president mainly tell someone what to do, the next person figures out how to do it, comes back with the results, and the president says yes or no. That’s what they do for the most part.
They only do one thing at a time?
@@brianholloway6205 It's a matter of priorities. Life will never be perfect, but you CAN devote your time and resources to things that make sense....Worrying about a bunch of discharged Sweeties makes no sense...
@@tgriffin3059 these individuals were not just “discharged.” You also do not seem to understand the effect dishonorable discharges and military discharges may have on your life. Including losing your military benefits ranging from VA healthcare to maybe even PX use. This simply makes sense. They were targeted by the government for no good reason while in the service of their country. Making our veterans hole is never a waste of time. Maybe for you but not for me. They voluntarily choose to protect my freedoms. Hard stop.
gay
Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.
With Adam and Eve, does it mean incest is ok?
*rolling my eyes*…. Yeah that’s statements getting old already
How original...never heard that before.
This is such a desperate measure
Very possibly, but are you aware that one person handling domestic policy are in one of the biggest countries in the world along with foreign policy is a lot to deal with, so not everything can be done in a couple of months?
And also, a lot of politicians do things around election time because the public has a very short memory.b
Stop
Vote Biden and these democrats out of office.
Find god
I know, Biden really should be selling Bibles and talking about “two Corinthians“ (instead of “second Corinthians“), and he should be talking about how he doesn’t ask for forgiveness because he doesn’t really do anything wrong. Among many other things. That would be the better way to do it. Right?
"Find god"? 🤨
The guy who genocided the planet with magic water, demanded we not wear "two different types of fabrics", condoned slavery & turns ppl into "pillars of salt"? Nah, maybe leave that deity alone..
@@billymadison8574 it's a joke sped
@@LittleBigMac_1You're THE joke 🤡
God created the chromosomes that certain people have different from male or female. God also said to get knowledge of which you'd understand this if you follow the Bible.
Pardoned by dementia camo queens
Good.