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  Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban posted at 11:36:33 UTC   via   apnews.com WASHINGTON (AP) — President  Joe Biden  pardoned potentially thousands of former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is “righting an historic wrong” to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Biden’s action grants a pardon to service members who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s former Article 125, which criminalized sodomy. The law, which has been on the books since 1951, was rewritten in 2013 to prohibit only forcible acts. Those covered by the pardon will be able to apply to receive proof that their conviction has been erased, petition to have their discharges from the military upgraded and move to recover lost pay and benefits. “Today, I am righting an historic wrong by using my clemency authority to pardon many former servic

Israeli police disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against possible changes regarding the laws on the military draft from which the Ultra-Orthodox community has traditionally been exempt, in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak, on June 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.  -  ACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Read more:  https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/06/what-israels-supreme-court-ruling-draft-ultra-orthodox-means-netanyahu#ixzz8eBh0H321 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia February 27, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS/File  Selected Articles - The News And Times Israel Court Orders Religious Draft in a Blow to Netanyahu - Yahoo Finance Israel Court Orders Religious Draft in a Blow to Netanyahu  Yahoo Finance posted 7h ago   via