One Road To Pacifism

By Kleinheider Posted on April 18, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Independent Senate candidate Chris Lugo explains how he went from a son of a Vietnam Vet to a rabid peace activist:

I am proud of my father and his service to my country. When I was a teenager, going to private Catholic school, I was approached by military recruiters. I was encouraged to join the military and to enlist in the ROTC program, much like my father had been. For whatever reason, I declined. I was not yet a peace activist like I became after the first gulf war, but something in my instincts told me that I could not serve in the military the way my father had served.

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