William Douglas and David Lightman report for McClatchy Newspapers: “The debate over the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military will heat up Tuesday when the Pentagon issues a long-awaited report on how 400,000 m…
“The Pentagon survey makes it clear that lesbians and gay men serving openly in the military are not the problem,” said NOW President Terry O’Neill. “The problem is Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which should have been repealed long ago.”
Tammy S. Schultz writes for The Washington Post: “What is it about the Marines? Compared with the other services, why do a disproportionate number of them overtly resist ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’?”
Ed O’Keefe and Greg Jaffe write for The Washington Post:”A Pentagon study group has concluded that the military can lift the ban on gays serving openly in uniform with only minimal and isolated incidents of risk to the current war efforts, according to t…
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips issued an injunction immediately stopping enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits lesbians and gay men from serving in the military. I am holding my breath hoping that the U.S. Department of Justice will do the right thing and not appeal the injunction of this 17-year-old policy of state sanctioned discrimination.
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