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	<title><![CDATA[Obama and the End of the Military's Ban on Gays]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-ridley/obama-and-the-end-of-the_b_145567.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn't that be novel; gay soldiers serving openly in the military. People willing to fight and perhaps die for freedom allowed to freely be themselves.</p>

<p>With Barack Obama as president it's not just possible. Thankfully, it's probable.</p>

<p>Out on the stump candidate Obama promised to work toward lifting the ban on gays serving openly, calling the ban is a "counterproductive strategy." A typically Obama-esque way to intellectualize what is a moral imperative: the obligation of the government to fight discrimination which, obviously,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-22T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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