Gay War Hero Awarded Posthumous Dishonorable Discharge At White House Ceremony

[Bucky]

Ha! It's The Onion this time. But the news has been so bizarro these last three days, I figured you'd believe this one.

In a solemn ceremony held in the White House Rose Garden Monday, recently outed Iraq War casualty Sgt. Maj. Michael Delacroix—a highly decorated career serviceman with an impeccable 22-year record—was posthumously stripped of his military honors and dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army. "For giving his life in the line of duty and selflessly serving his nation while being gay, Mr. Delacroix will be exhumed from Arlington National Cemetery and relieved of his rank and all attendant benefits," U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said during the ceremony. "We also ask that his mother return the American flag that was given to her at his funeral." A Pentagon spokesman said that Delacroix's cause of death—sniper fire while attempting to save an injured Iraqi boy—will be changed to AIDS in the official record.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. But it sounds like something those stupid ba$tards would do!

[Parche]

2. It would be funny, if it wasnt probably true

:cry: :hi:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

3. Tragically I totally believed it from the subject line and had to click

Glad to see it's the Onion.