Pentagon Policy on Gays Is Challenged

[Quetzal]

Pentagon Policy on Gays Is Challenged

The Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is being challenged by 12 gays who have been separated from the military because of their homosexuality.

They planned to file a federal lawsuit today in Boston that would cite last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling that overturned state laws making gay sex a crime as grounds for overturning the policy.

Other courts have upheld the 11-year-old policy, but C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, which is advising the plaintiffs, said those decisions predated the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas.

"We think the gay ban can no longer survive constitutionally," he said.

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Pentagon Policy on Gays Is Challenged

[OneBlueSky]

1. well this presents an interesting dilemma . . .

on the one hand we gays want full equality, including the right to serve openly in the armed forces . . . on the other hand, being gay may be one of the few outs available to young people about to be drafted and sent to Iraq (or Iran) to kill or be killed . . .

what to do, what to do, what to do . . . :shrug:

[soothsayer]

2. It's such a great anti-draft cure---"sorry, I'm gay"

the military will prolly catch on and welcome us with open arms when enuff people use this out

[renaissanceguy]

3. I think in draft mode

Dont Ask doesn't apply.