Posted on 22 May 2008
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“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” may soon go the way of canon barrages, cavalry charges and bayonet charges. In a ruling today by a US Appellate Court, the military must prove that discharging gays improves both military readiness and unit cohesion.
From The Associated Press:
The military cannot automatically discharge people because they’re gay, a federal appeals [...]