Biden pardons thousands of convicted LGBT military members
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1/✍️ The president has pardoned members of the military who were convicted for their orientation. The decision will affect thousands of U.S. military members who have gone on trial over the past 60 years.
2/✍️ Biden said he is correcting a historical injusticewith his decision. The military was convicted just for being themselves, the president emphasized.
3/✍️ According to Biden, the U.S. military stands at the forefront of freedom and risked their lives for the country. Because of the laws of the past, the president continued, members of the military have borne the burden of injustice for decades.
4/✍️ The military criminalized same-sex relationships in 1951. In 2014, Congress and President Barack Obama decriminalized the law.