[Vision2020] Federal Judge Overturns 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of Politico.com at:

 

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/Federal_judge_overturns_Dont_Ask
_Dont_Tell.html

 

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Federal judge overturns 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 

 

A Federal Judge in California has ruled that the ban on gays in the military
violates the Constitutional rights of gay and lesbian soldiers to due
process and to freedom of expression.

 

District Court Judge Virginia Phillips -- a Clinton appointee -- also wrote
that the policy has had a "deleterious effect" on the military and issued an
injunction restraining the military from enforcing the policy, though the
government may appeal. 

 

The Log Cabin Republicans filed the lawsuit against Defense Secretary Robert
Gates, and Phillips cited in her ruling the Obama administration's desultory
defense.

 

"[D]efendants called no witnesses, put on no affirmative case, and only
entered into evidence the legislative history of the act," she wrote.

 

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You may review the entire decision at:

 

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM170_100909_logcabin.html

 

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime."

 

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.

 

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