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Now that the Pentagon has issued an order for recruiters to accept gays, many who were initially turned away are reenlisting.
"Gay people have been fighting for equality in the military since the 1960s," said Aaron Belkin, executive director of the Palm Center, a think tank on gays and the military at the University of California Santa Barbara. "It took a lot to get to this day."
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Amongst gay rights groups, and inside the military, there is still some confusion as to what will happen if the law changed back. Many groups are still encouraging gays not to come out openly for fear they will later be kicked out.
"U.S. Army Recruiting Command is going to follow the law, whatever the law is," Smith said.
The message, however, had not reached some recruiting stations.
In Pensacola, Fla., Marine Sgt. Timothy Chandler said he had been given no direction. "As far as we are concerned everything is the same. The policy hasn't changed," he said, as others in the office nodded.
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