A California federal judge today issued a global injunction to suspend the U.S. military from enforcing its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which bans lesbians and gays from serving openly in the military.
In a federal court on Sept. 9, 2010, Judge Virginia Phillips delivered a landmark decision declaring the policy commonly known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to be unconstitutional.
The National Organization for Women is outraged by the ignorant, homophobic comments Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) made on Friday at a conservative church rally, saying gay people and unwed sexually active women should not be teaching in public schools.
The National Organization for Women condemns the Senate’s failure yesterday to repeal the U.S. military’s discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) policy. This policy, which bars lesbians and gay men from serving openly in the military, has resulted in the unjust discharge of more than 14,000 service members.
Under protest from LGBT rights activists, Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel apologized on Aug. 5 for donating $150,000 to a group that supports an anti-gay marriage, anti-equality candidate for governor in Minnesota. That same day, NOW had sent a letter to Steinhafel objecting not only to the company’s political donation, but also to his personal stance against an eating disorder treatment facility opening up in his community.