Justice Department not taking stand on appeal of gay officer’s firing

Posted on May 6, 2009 
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Calling it a “procedural decision,” the U.S. Justice Department is staying out of a federal lawsuit challenging the dismissal of an Air Force officer under the military gay ban being reviewed by a federal court. Former Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt’s case was dismissed by a federal judge, but is now being reconsidered by order of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Washington Blade * Tags = gay men gay news lesbian news transgender bisexual

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