Military lawyers say wait to end Don’t Ask

(Washington) Lawyers for the nation’s top military officer are recommending holding off on an internal Pentagon effort that could lead to the repeal of the ban on openly gay military service. The delay could push a decision by Congress to the middle of the next presidential election.

Other advisers at the …

Gay soldier may be discharged

Syracuse – A military administrative board recommended on Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he was gay should be discharged for violating the military’s policy against homosexual conduct.

Lieutenant Dan Choi would be the first New York National Guard member discharged for violating the so-called “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Fanning, a spokesperson for the New York Army National Guard, said.

Choi, 28, appeared here before a Federal Recognition Board, a panel of four military officers, which deliberated for four hours before deciding to recommend the army no longer recognise him as an officer.

Choi, a combat veteran who on Sunday was a celebrity grand marshal in San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade, said it amounted to firing him “for nothing more than telling the truth about who I am”. See Gay soldier may be discharged

Independent Online

* Tags = gay men gay news lesbian news transgender bisexual

Published by

Original source : http://gay_blog.blogspot.com/2009/07/gay-soldier-m…

Is White House’s inaction a step towards lifting military ban?

Is White House’s inaction a step towards lifting military ban?
An order by a federal appeals court in San Francisco that directs the government to present a justification for the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”-based ouster of a lesbian decorated military officer will stand because the Obama White House opted to not appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision is being viewed by some activists as a positive step toward President Barack Obama upholding his campaign pledge to end the military ban. The Wall Street Journal (5/19)

* Tags = gay men gay news lesbian news transgender bisexual