******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: September 29, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.orgHaven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@soulforce.org****************************************** (Minneapolis, MN) — Since the beginning of August, 32 openly gay young people have attempted to enlist in the military as part of the nationwide "Right to Serve" campaign. All 32 have been denied the opportunity to enlist. Several have […]
Homophobia
Military Recruiters Lock The Doors on Gay Americans
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: September 25, 2006For Immediate ReleaseContact: Jacob Reitan, 952-212-8311, jake@soulforce.orgHaven Herrin, 469-867-5725, haven@soulforce.org****************************************** Last Tuesday, when Rebecca Solomon and Jesus Sanchez approached an Army recruitment station in Austin, Texas, they found the doors locked at mid-morning. That same day, Meg Sneed came to a recruiting center in Phoenix with the intention of enlisting […]