A Memphis gay and lesbian group said it will restore its vandalized billboard and hold a rally Sunday against the vandalism. The billboard featured ex-Marine Tim Smith, who is now a student at the University of Memphis, in his uniform with the caption, “I’m gay and I protected your freedom,” the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported Monday. Smith, 27, served from 2001 -2005 and was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq, but was outed by a pastor in Falkner, Miss., who knew Smith before his enlistment and felt it was his duty to expose him, the newspaper reported.

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