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-JOKE: Sisters of Mercy
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Subject: JOKE: Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
A man is driving down a lonely road
in northern Nevada, when he passes a
sign, SISTERS OF MERCY HOUSE
OF PROSTITUTION - 10 MILES.
He thinks it was a figment of his
imagination -- and drives on. Soon, he
sees another sign which says,
SISTERS OF MERCY HOUSE OF
PROSTITUTION - 5 MILES.
Realizing these signs are for real, he
drives on and sure enough, there is a
third. SISTERS OF MERCY
PROSTITUTION - NEXT RIGHT.
His curiosity gets the best of him, and
he pulls into the driveway. On the far
side of the parking lot, is a somber
stone building with a sign on the door
that reads, SISTERS OF MERCY
HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION -
WELCOME.
He climbs the steps, rings the bell, and
the door is answered by a Nun in a
long black habit, who asks "What
may we do for you my son? "I saw
your signs along the highway, and
was interested in possibly doing some
business," he answers.
"Very well, my son. Please follow
me," says the Nun. He is led through
many winding passages, and soon he
is very disoriented. The Nun stops at a
closed door and tells the man, "Please
knock on this door," and leaves.
The man does as he is told, and this
door is opened by another Nun in a
long black habit holding a tin cup.
The Nun instructs: "Please place
$50.00, in this cup, then go through
the large wooden door at the end of
this hallway."
He places the money in this Nun's tin
cup. He trots eagerly down the
hallway, and slips through the door,
pulling it shut. As the door locks
behind him, he finds himself back in
the parking lot, facing another small
sign: "GO IN PEACE. YOU HAVE
JUST BEEN SCREWED BY THE
SISTERS OF MERCY"
Subject: Steve May wins re-election
Ben Boxer says: You can't win 'em
all, but here's a significant win for
the gay side. See below.
Headline:
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Headline:
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A U.S. Army panel of three colonels
ruled September 17 that state
Representative and Reserve First
Lieutenant Steve May should be
honorably discharged from the
service for violating the
seven-year-old "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell" (DADT) policy.
On November 1 May's civilian
attorney, Christopher Wolf of
Proskauer Rose LLP, filed a "Letter
of Deficiency and Request for
Reversal of Administrative
Discharge" with Convening
Authority Major General John Scott,
who will review the case and the
findings. Meanwhile 108 Members of
Congress have signed a second
appeal on May's behalf urging
President Clinton to overrule the
Army on the decision to dismiss.
Wolf, who was the legal counsel for
Master Chief Petty Officer Timothy
McVeigh, winner of the only federal
lawsuit in which a branch of the
armed services had been found guilty
of violating the DADT policy, listed
in his letter to Scott reasons the
findings should be reversed. He
wrote that the Army's action
violated both the U.S. and the
Arizona constitutions, as well as the
Department of Defense's own
regulations and procedures.
Army prosecutors (tried) to
prejudice the panel by establishing
what both sides had already agreed
upon: May is gay. With what May
called a "vendetta," and what Wolf
declared at the time were
"McCarthy like tactics," prosecutors
brought in statements from May's
Battalion Commander Major Eileen
Norton, which wrongly suggested to
board members that May had used
his uniform for political gain and his
own self-interest.
After the hearing May called the
attack on his integrity and character
"humiliating." Evidence that May
consistently had been ranked among
the "best and the brightest" of Army
officers was unchallenged by the
Army.
"The Army must, at the very least,
live up to the letter of its own law,"
said Stacey Sobel, Legal Director of
the Servicemembers Legal Defense
Network. "We urge General Scott,
to retain Lt. May. The Army should
be fighting to keep qualified women
and men like Lt. May in the services,
not working to kick them out."
Scott will review the evidence and
deliver his recommendation to the
secretary of the Army. May said that
if the military appeals fail, he may
pursue a federal lawsuit. "I'm still
in," he said. He will continue to serve
two days a month in the reserves.
On the civilian front gay
Congressmember Barney Frank
(D-Mass.) and Representative
Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) have
released a letter signed by 108 of
their House colleagues urging
President Clinton to reject efforts by
the Army to expel May because of
he is gay. In the letter lawmakers
also pointed out that May has an
exemplary military record and that
comments made about his sexual
orientation should not form the basis
for a decision to dismiss him from the
Army under DADT.
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Steve May, the Arizona state
legislator who came to national
attention when the Army decided to
throw him out of the reserves for
being gay, has won re-election in a
five-way race for two seats in the
district. With 97% of the results
tallied, May, a Republican, has
18,575 votes, placing him within
fewer than 200 votes of the
first-place candidate, Republican
Jeff Hatch Miller. The two top
vote-getters win seats in the district.
May was thrown out of the Reserves
earlier this year. The military
undertook their investigation after
May discussed his sexual orientation
in a debate about gay adoption on
the legislature floor.