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Sending Gay South Korean Troops To Prison For A Year Is Totally Constitutional

Maybe John McCain should seek office in South Korea? Because over there the Constitutional Court ruled 5-4 today to uphold the nation’s ban on gays in the military, because, as McCain has long argued, “The legal code cannot be seen as discrimination against gays because such behaviour, if left unchecked, might result in subordinates being harassed by superiors in military barracks.” The legal code from 1962, meanwhile, doesn’t just oust gay troops; it also threatens them with a one-year prison sentence.

By:           Max Simon
On:           Mar 31, 2011
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  • 3 Comments
    • No. 1 · McMike

      12/21/12 can not get here soon enough.

      Mar 31, 2011 at 11:03 am · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 2 · Spike

      Is must kill the Christian republicans that the same laws don’t apply in the US and gays in our military!

      Mar 31, 2011 at 11:26 am · @ReplyReply to this comment ·
    • No. 3 · The sane Francis

      Things like this are why, although this country certainly isn’t where it should be, I am lucky to be living in America in comparison to the majority of Asian/African/Middle-Eastern/Caribbean and Latin American countries. In this country at least you can say a majority of people recognize you’re human. But my thoughts go out to all the South Korean gays in the military who have to deal with this sick law.

      Mar 31, 2011 at 1:13 pm · @ReplyReply to this comment ·

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