Berkeley council tells Marines to leave

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By Doug Oakley
STAFF WRITER
Article Launched: 01/30/2008

Hey-hey, ho-ho, the Marines in Berkeley have got to go.
That's the message from the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."

In addition, the council voted to explore enforcing its law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation against the Marines because of the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. And it officially encouraged the women's peace group Code Pink to impede the work of the Marines in the city by protesting in front of the station.

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**ronin** · Associate Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts votes: 1

If I hear some one say they support the troops, but, not the war again, I think I might forced to give out a primal scream. Cool