By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
Gay service members recently discharged from the armed forces are fuming over new data showing that recruiters are admitting ex-felons to fill the ranks, while the military continues to expel others for their sexual orientation.
The data, released Monday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, reveals that the number of Army felony waivers given to enlistees jumped from 249 in 2006 to 511 in 2007. The number of felony waivers granted in the Marine Corps rose from 208 to 350.
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