Gay linguists fired from US military</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Gay linguists fired from US military"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Gay,linguists,fired,from,US,military"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">28-04-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Gay linguists fired from US military</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_UPMu7QXq0GulLdHdKb68_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Ohio, USA (Out in America): According to Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), since 1998, the military has discharged 20 fluent Arabic speakers and six fluent Farsi speakers under its 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. <br>US military veterans, allies, and activists from across the country are joining forces to urge Congress to pass the Military Readiness Enhancement Act (MREA), a Congressional proposal to repeal the military's ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.outintulsa.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8600 " target="blank">www.outintulsa.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8600 </a> <br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-04-27-oppose_x.htm " target="blank">www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-04-27-oppose_x.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show