Appeals Court Panel Hears Arguments in DADT Case

[William769]

With “don’t ask, don’t tell” scheduled for official repeal in less than three weeks, government attorneys asked a federal appeals court Thursday to throw out a landmark ruling against the policy won by the Log Cabin Republicans.

But in oral arguments before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit in Pasadena, Calif., Log Cabin Republicans attorney Dan Woods said that the court should uphold U.S. district judge Virginia Phillips’ 2010 decision striking down DADT as unconstitutional, in part, he argued, to protect those who will be serving openly in the nation's armed forces.

"Our point here is that if this case does not go forward on the merits and you don't affirm it on the merits, the government will be completely unrestrained in its ability to again ban gay service in the military," Woods argued, the Associated Press reports. "We have multiple presidential candidates promising as part of their campaign platforms to repeal the repeal."

One of those candidates is Rep. Michele Bachmann, who in responding to a question from CNN’s Candy Crowley last month, asserted, “The don’t ask, don’t tell” policy has worked very well” and said she would reinstate it if she were commander in chief.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/09/02/Appeals_Court_Hears_Arguments_in_DADT_Case/

And some people hold a grudge against Dan Choi for keeping up the struggle. All I can say to them is Fuck You and the horse you thought you were riding in on.

Dan Choi, heres to you. :toast: