SCOTUS Denies Challenge to Gays-in-Military Law Tuesday, June 9, 2009 On Monday the Supreme Court denied a petition requesting review of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which had upheld as constitutional the 1993 law regarding homosexuals in the military. This decision is good news, but the case reveals a basic contradiction in the position of the Obama administration with regard to the 1993 law. More...6/09/2009 07:20:00 AM
Obama Shuns Plan to Evade Gays in Military Law Thursday, May 14, 2009 Much to the dismay of liberal activists, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will not implement a plan to circumvent the 1993 law regarding gays in the military. This was a significant retreat from the one-word answer ,"Yes," which Gibbs gave in January when he was asked if Obama would repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Now Gibbs is saying that Obama is working to achieve a "durable legislative solution," which requires "more than the snapping of one's fingers. More...5/14/2009 05:18:00 PM
Gates on Gays in the Military: Why So Difficult? Friday, April 17, 2009 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking yesterday at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, gave an equivocal answer to a question about the 1993 law stating that homosexuals are not eligible to serve in the military. That law, which is frequently mislabeled as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," is technically named Section 654, Title 10, U.S.C. Missing the opportunity to express clear support for the law, Secretary Gates suggested that repeal would be "difficult" to implement. More...4/17/2009 05:02:00 PM
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