{"id":15747,"date":"2009-11-24T06:46:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T11:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2009-11-24T06:46:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T11:46:18","slug":"canada-stealing-our-lesbians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15747","title":{"rendered":"Canada stealing our lesbians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, at least one of them anyway. i wrote about Bethany Smith\/Skyler James back in September<\/a> who claims that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy isn’t working for her\/him. Apparently, right before she was scheduled to deploy, Smith\/James told her superiors that she was a lesbian and they wouldn’t kick her out.<\/p>\n

1stCavRVN11B sent us a link to a Free Republic discussion<\/a> of a Canada.com<\/a> article which announces Smith\/James’ latest stay of execution allowing her\/him to stay in Canada;<\/p>\n

Federal Court Justice Yves de Montigny’s order for the board to consider a gay U.S. soldier as a credible refugee candidate is believed to be a first, said a spokesman for the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

“I have never heard of anybody attempting to do that before,” said army spokesman Lt.-Col. Christopher Garver.<\/p>\n

Pte. Bethany Smith, 21, will have another chance to argue her case for staying in Canada, rather than face deportation and a possible court martial in the U.S. for fleeing the military base at Fort Campbell, Ky., two years ago.<\/p>\n

“I did a happy dance when I heard,” said the deserter, now an Ottawa call centre worker who has adopted the name Skyler James.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I consulted with one of our resident lesbians who had experience with the military a few months back and she agreed with me that Smith\/James’ story sounds like BS. She\/he didn’t have trouble with her alleged treatment until it became apparent that she would deploy. Her\/his contention that she\/he will be mistreated when she returns to the US misuses the refugee laws of Canada.<\/p>\n

I guess DADT is bad policy except when gays can use it in their favor. I wonder why more gays haven’t embraced this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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