This is a follow up post to the August 16, 2010 post where we provided information on DADT.
Yesterday brought some awesome news!
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ruled that the policy violates the First Amendment rights of gays and lesbians. As part of her ruling, Phillips made a statement that said that DADT doesn't support military readiness and, in fact, has a "direct and deleterious effect" on the armed services.
The San Diego Gay and Lesbian News has a wonderful detailed article explaining how the Log Cabin Republicans came to challenge the policy and the process that preceded the decision to strike DADT as unconstitutional.
The next step is for Judge Phillips to issue an order to stop the enforcement of the unconstitutional policy.
Our hope is that it won't take our government and military leaders too long to implement the changes needed to get rid of this terrible policy once and for all.
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