[Vision2020] Military Recruited on Gay Web Sites

[Tom Hansen]

>From today's (October 18, 2007) Spokesman Review -

 

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Military recruited on gay Web sites

 

The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a Web
site for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about
their sexual orientation.

 

When informed Tuesday by USA Today that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a
networking Web site for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and
said they would remove the job listings.

 

Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a Navy recruiting spokesman, said his service ordered
more than 8,000 ads taken off GLEE, which stands for Gay, Lesbian & Everyone
Else. By late Wednesday, most were gone.

 

Marine Corps ads on GLEE were only for two civilian jobs not covered by the
military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which allows gays to serve in
uniform only if they keep quiet about their sexual orientation.

 

The ads were placed through GLEE's parent company, New York-based Community
Connect, as part of an alliance with jobs-listing giant Monster.com.

 

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 

 

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