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Article: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Condemns Presidential Honor for Former Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 18, 2008
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Adam Ebbin of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, +1-
202-621-5416, aebbin@sldn.org
Calls on President to Express Support for All Troops
WASHINGTON,June 18/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Servicemembers Legal
Defense Network (SLDN) today strongly condemned President George W.
Bushs awarding of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Former
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace. During a
March 2007 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Pace called lesbians
and gays "immoral" before adding, "I believe homosexual acts between
two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral
acts."
Honoring General Pace with the countrys highest civilian ...