Published September 16, 2012, 06:00 PM

Furor fades a year after military's gay ban lifted

NEW YORK (AP) — They are images Americans had never seen before. Jubilant young men and women in military uniforms marching beneath a rainbow flag in a gay-pride parade. Soldiers and sailors returning from deployment and, in time-honored tradition, embracing their beloved — only this time with same-sex kisses.

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