New Law Would Benefit Gays Discharged Under DADT

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New Mass. Law

            Would Benefit Gays Discharged Under DADT
       Gay and lesbian
            military veterans discharged under the federal ban on
            openly LGBT service members may receive benefits through the
            state under       a bill being considered by the
            Massachusetts state senate.     
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       Military veterans
            discharged under the Pentagon's ban on openly gay and
            lesbian service members may receive benefits through
            the state under       a bill being considered by the
            Massachusetts state senate.     
       Carl Sciortino is
            sponsoring the bill, which would require the Executive
            Office of Veterans Affairs to provide soldiers discharged
            under       "don't ask, don't tell" tax breaks and other
            benefits offered to       heterosexual veterans, according
            to the Somerville Journal, a local newspaper. Federal
            benefits would not apply under this proposed legislation.     
       Senators Scott
            Brown and Thomas McGee, cochair of the Committee on
            Veterans and Federal Affairs, are wary of the legislation,
            however. They       cautioned that the bill may put federal
            funds at risk by going against       strict policies.
                (The Advocate)     

        
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New Mass. Law Would Benefit Gays Discharged Under DADT

Gay and lesbian military veterans discharged under the federal ban on openly LGBT service members may receive benefits through the state under a bill being considered by the Massachusetts state senate.

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For prostate cancer, screening often begins with a simple blood test to measure prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.

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The gay governor and Maryland's Wes Moore, the only Black governor, were expressly not invited to attend.

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New Mass. Law
Would Benefit Gays Discharged Under DADT