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The U.S. Military is still enforcing ancient policies, which threaten to harm the principles our nation was founded upon. Every American possesses the natural rights of freedom and equality given to them at birth, that is, however, unless you are gay and in the military. On July 4, 1776 the “founding fathers” of the United States created the Declaration of Independence and began making a nation based on the freedom of it’s citizens. On March 11, 1778 (less than 2 years after the Declaration of Independence was written) the first man was discharged from the military based on a conflict involving his sexuality. From that time forward soldiers continued to get discharged for their sexual preferences. In 1994 President Clinton, Congress, and the Pentagon agreed to put a law into effect that would prohibit officers from asking servic