Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

Biden's action grants a pardon to service members who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice's former Article 125, which criminalized sodomy.

[@BJW6643]

They're human and anyone can love and like who ever they want tobe ❤

[@tammyjeter4992]

Thank you President Biden ❤🤍💙🙏👑🕯️

[@BJW6643]

Hoorah President Biden❤

[@REVNUMANEWBERN]

A MUST read to see & understand HOW we got to this point in America: The Politics of Deviance: by Hendershott, Anne

[@phillosophy5103]

Your not supposed to have relations with your fellow service members. It hinders your ability to perform your duties.

[@lolalalia4119]

Yeah but they punished people for having same se* relations OUTSIDE of the military. It's also not an explicit rule that service members are forbidden to have relations with each other.

[@theseventhgeneration6910]

The greatest warriors in history, the majority were gay and fought along side of their lovers.

[@sjcflawless]

@@theseventhgeneration6910and Alexander was one of them! ❤

[@BJW6643]

That was their rule,

[@keys1420]

FJB and his supporters

[@MrMikeyt65]

FDJT AND HOS SUPPORTERS

[@lamarmercer2370]

You weren't in the military. Happened all the time.

[@Pamela-zy7vc]

*they are humans*

[@floridagirl4407]

I had no idea this was even a thing. Why have we not heard more about this?? And why are they only just now getting pardoned?!?

[@lorrainyhippohernandez4796]

Younger people don’t remember how bad it was or how bad it could get again and don’t tell me it can’t because it has for women.

[@ElonaldTrusk]

​@@lorrainyhippohernandez4796yes, women's rights are being trampled by men who think they look like women... It's fuckin bizaaro 😂

[@blackopskiller1996]

He's only doing it now to try and boost his poll numbers, but yeah unfortunately this was a bs law that shouldn't have been a thing.

[@jeepninja1]

Because it's an election year and Bidens poll numbers are down.

[@jeepninja1]

​@lorrainyhippohernandez4796 lol no it hasn't

[@DavidLS1]

I hope the veterans receive benefits dating back to the dates of their unjust 'convictions'.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

It was law. Just because the law has changed since then doesn't mean they weren't justly charged.

[@DavidLS1]

@@thatlittlevoice6354 It was an unjust law. Do you also believe that people convicted of marijuana possession should remain in prison?

[@blackopskiller1996]

Just remember he had 4 years to do this and hes only doing it now for brownie points for the elections.

[@big_reality6112]

Trump had 4 years too and never did.

[@jeepninja1]

​@big_reality6112 dont ask dont tell was a instituted by Clinton. Obama didn't do anything either.

[@lolalalia4119]

So is Biden not allowed to make any decisions during an election year? Like, should he completely stop working during an election year? When Trump made an agreement with the Taliban to release thousands of taliban prisoners and shut down 8 of the 9 airports in Iraq in the summer of 2020, was that also only to score brownie points with voters?

[@HoosierDaddyO]

Better late than never

[@lolalalia4119]

So should all presidents stop passing legislations, policies, and executive orders during an election year?

[@jdtravels5140]

Why?

[@user-tk9ve5zt4r]

Sick man @ the helm.

[@lolalalia4119]

It is illegal to imprison a person solely based on their se*xual preferences with other consenting adults. If homosexuality bothers you so much, maybe you should stop thinking about other people's genitalia so much?

[@MrMikeyt65]

tRump has Dementia he is showing all the signs. I know because I watched my dad die with Dementia and you can tell tRump has it.

[@Kilo-js9ge]

Definitely a priority, I don’t think I’d be able to sleep at night if this wasn’t done.

[@jinxterpinxter]

Pardoning military veterans who were unfairly prosecuted may not be a priority to you, but it matters to most people.

[@s7chen]

@kilo-js9ge So you’re saying you don’t care about the people who went and served our country?

[@jeepninja1]

​@jinxterpinxter unfairly? It was a law in the military. 18 yr olds get kicked out for drinking. Is that fair?

[@jeepninja1]

​@@s7chenthey broke the law. It's not like they didn't know about the law when they joined. What about all the people who got booted for smoking weed or underage drinking?

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

​@@jinxterpinxterit wasn't unfair, it was a law. They broke it. End of story.

[@tammyjeter4992]

Good works President Biden 4 more years

[@jeremytoney9367]

This man in the video who is talking about his lifestyle seems to be sincere, but here’s the issue that I see. This particular gentleman likes a certain types of lifestyle and I’ve spoken to several gentlemen like this and several ladies like this who practiced this type of lifestyle and I asked them very simply why is this lifestyle OK but that lifestyle over there is not OK and why do you get mad when those people over there do that type of lifestyle when your type of lifestyle very recently was looked upon with the same kind of distain When I ask this type of question, these particular people don’t have an answer that is satisfactory and so I revert back to the guidebook that I’ve studied for over 30 years, and that guidebook specifically states that these types of lifestyles are an abomination, and so the choices that you make on which type of lifestyle you’re gonna live your choices The only thing I would ask, is that people who practice this particular lifestyle keep that lifestyle inside their house and away from me and my family because I don’t want them pushing their lifestyle onto me again it’s your choice, but I would not want to force anyone because force is denoted as slavery and the United States has had too much problems with slavery in the past so again if you want to live this way, that’s fine but I don’t want you forcing your lifestyle on me because I still have a don’t ask don’t policy

[@lolalalia4119]

You sure do think about that lifestyle a lot, huh?

[@theseventhgeneration6910]

You don't understand the Bible.

[@sjcflawless]

That same rhetoric was used for black people prior to the Civil Rights Act. What if the same was said for women who wear tops with cleavage? It’s Civil Rights! Respectfully, it’s nothing illegal about LGBTQIAC+ rights. Please, love others for who they are! ❤

[@keys1420]

​@@sjcflawless I don't care what you like. It's when it's shoved down our throats everyday it pisses normal people off. You waste all this time talking bout your feeling and all this bs. How america has fallen

[@keys1420]

Bunch of weirdos

[@freebir73]

I THOUGHT MEN WENT TO THE MILITARY TO FIGHT AND BE PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY NOT TO GO LOOK FOR A BOYFRIEND. 😅😅

[@love3kl1]

L take

[@ahmedstudios5918]

@@love3kl1it’s a sensible take

[@lolalalia4119]

You know a lot of men and women get married while serving in the military, right? Sometimes to other soldiers, sometimes to civilians. Should the military ban all marriages for their service members? Maybe institute a forced celibacy rule?

[@DavidLS1]

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

​@@DavidLS1ask those people getting pardoned if they were mutually exclusive.