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Professor Katherine Darmer was quoted in an article in Daily Pilot<\/em> entitled, \u201cGay soldier finds support.\u201d\u00a0 The article discusses local groups protesting the pending dismissal of Orange County native Lt. Dan Choi from the Army on basis of his sexual orientation. Darmer states, \u201cI would be hopeful that the new presidential administration would use this as an opportunity to illustrate how bad the policy is\u2026 I mean, the man has done nothing other than state he\u2019s gay.\u201d Read article\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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