老澳门开奖结果

Today marks the challenging the discriminatory and counterproductive policy known as 鈥淒on鈥檛 Ask, Don鈥檛 Tell鈥� (DADT). The case was brought by Maj. Margaret Witt, a decorated U.S. Air Force flight nurse, who was dismissed under DADT in 2006 鈥� one of the more than 13,500 men and women whose military careers were prematurely terminated since the policy first became law in the early 1990s. Maj. Witt is being in challenging her DADT firing.

Witt鈥檚 challenge has already led to an important ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in 2008. The court ruled that the Air Force must prove that discharging Maj. Witt was necessary for purposes of military readiness and that her conduct hurt morale and unit cohesion. It is under this so-called that the trial in U.S. District Court in Tacoma will be conducted. Maj. Witt is expected to testify early next week (either Monday the 20th or Tuesday the 21st).

The military has yet to provide (and is no doubt totally unable to provide) any evidence that Maj. Witt鈥檚 sexual orientation or conduct ever caused a problem in the performance of her military duties (in other words, the standard of review for her case under the 9th Circuit鈥檚 ruling). To the contrary, the 老澳门开奖结果 has submitted declarations from her military colleagues testifying that her forced absence is what has harmed her unit鈥檚 morale, thus turning the twisted logic of DADT on its bigoted head.

Be sure to check this blog for updates during this important trial.

Additionally, in the world of pop culture, for repealing DADT at Sunday鈥檚 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles by having whose military careers were derailed because of the policy.

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