Sarvis

"Sarvis" is correctly called serviceberry, and is one of the earliest trees to bloom in the spring.

unknown title 2009

"Sarvis" is correctly called serviceberry, and is one of the earliest trees to bloom in the spring.

unknown title 2009

As for any gay or lesbian people who enlisted this week, "They may be told they cannot join," if the Pentagon decides to enforce the law, said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a group representing service members affected by the law.

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"We haven't seen, and we've been watching this rather closely, any Congressional races where a member's vote for repeal, or his or her advocacy for repeal, have hurt them," said Sarvis.

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"The bottom line: If you come out now, it can be used against you in the future by the Pentagon," Aubrey Sarvis, the group's executive director, said in an e-mail.

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"There's definitely a link between 'don't ask, don't tell' and gay suicides," agreed SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis.

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Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Fund, also stressed that DADT repeal is one issue that doesn't seem to be hurting Murphy in his re-election bid.

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Sarvis, who has met with the Pentagon group, is hopeful that it will back repeal in some form.

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Mentions of homosexual conduct on discharge papers often required for review by potential employers has a potentially stigmatizing impact, according to Sarvis.

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"That language never guaranteed that they could automatically get back in," says Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.

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