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Gay Marine from N. Texas talks about life, having a relationship while on active duty - Dallas Voice

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Kevin is from a small town northeast of Dallas. He says he loves Big D and plans to move here eventually.

Right now, though, Kevin is on active duty with the Marines, stationed overseas and deployed to a classified location.

He joined the Marines a few years ago, before he had accepted the fact that he was gay.

Kevin is a member of OutServe, formerly Citizens for Repeal, which was launched last month and bills itself as the first-ever organization for actively serving lesbian, gay and bisexual troops.

The group began in October 2009 as a Facebook page and has grown to 450 members.

“We are active duty and veteran gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and members of the Coast Guard who are currently serving and who have served — some in silence, some with the open support of our comrades — in defense of our nation,” the group said in a statement announcing its launch. “We include service men and women who graduated at the top of our classes at the service academies and enlisted at recruitment centers around the country. Some of our members have lost their lives in service to their country.”

Kevin, whose real name is being withheld to protect him from being outed under “don’t ask don’t tell,” talked with Dallas Voice via personal e-mail.

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DV: Are you single or do you have a partner at home?

KEVIN: I am ***go read the article(http://www.dallasvoice.com/gay-marine-talks-life-relationship-active-duty-103841...)***
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  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
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      hey call themselves "Anti-War" and "Peace" activists, but nothing could be further from the truth. "Anti-War" and "Peace" is nothing more than an elaborate cover. This label of "Peace" is a deception. CodePINK is just another group of anti-American protesters with very strong Communist and Marxist beliefs and strong support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) issues. Like all the other so-called "Peace Activists", they always seem to be part of the problem and never part of the solution. They seem to spend a considerable amount of time causing traffic jams and shouting their anti-American rhetoric calling our soldiers "Killers" and "Occupation Troops" with total disregard for the people that these actions affect. They do everything they can to divide America and never anything to unite America. They thrive and exist on any conflict that enables them to cause problems for other people they do not like. It is how they get attention. Anyone with an open mind can see their actions and rhetoric are not those of people filled with love or peace. They celebrate every American Soldier and Marine killed and wounded in Iraq. They detest and loathe the military as is displayed by their actions. These are miserable people filled with extreme and vile hatred toward anyone not sharing their same Marxist philosophies.

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  • couldntfindausername
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    • ayipis:

      "They do everything they can to divide America and never anything to unite America. They thrive and exist on any conflict that enables them to cause problems for other people they do not like."

      And calling these people "anti American", because they disagree with *your* regressive notions unites people how, exactly?

    • 1 year ago
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