Soldiers should attend Gay Parade
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleDefence minister Eimert van Middelkoop must allow members of the armed forces to attend the Gay Parade in their uniforms, as long as they do so in their free time, MPs said on Tuesday.
However, a motion supporting gay soldiers was defeated in parliament because the Socialist Party voted against, by mistake. .
After some commotion, anti-immigration PVV MP Hero Brinkman, who brought the motion, said he hoped to reintroduce it later this week.
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