Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former service members in June 2024 who were convicted under a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying he was "righting an historic wrong" and clearing the way for them to regain lost benefits.
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