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Last month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that he would be lifting the ban on women in combat roles, a rule first recognized by the Pentagon in 1994. The decision doesn’t change much, since women have been in combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan

While much of the LGBT community applauded the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military ban on openly gay and lesbian service members in the military, some activists, like the members of Against Equality, disagree. They say the repeal extends the reach of U.S. militarization.