Don't ask, don't tell
Apr. 13th, 2005 11:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tikistitchFrom today's Washington Post:
ARMY SGT. ROBERT Stout received a Purple Heart after an exploding grenade in Iraq last May left shrapnel in his face, arm and legs. He would like to remain in the military, and he said in an interview that he would reenlist were it not for the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. But Sgt. Stout is through denying that he is gay, so he recently declared his sexual orientation to the Associated Press. Now he'll be lucky if he's allowed to serve out his tour, which ends in May, without being kicked out of the service. For under U.S. policy, even the most decorated and patriotic gay soldier is just a homosexual to be rooted out at the military's earliest convenience.
Go read the rest. We'll admit it, we liked Clinton a lot (we really liked him, and want him to come back and be president some more), but this whole Don't ask-don't tell business was about the silliest episode of his presidency (and yes, we're including the whole Starr sniffing Lewinsky's blue dress incident).
ARMY SGT. ROBERT Stout received a Purple Heart after an exploding grenade in Iraq last May left shrapnel in his face, arm and legs. He would like to remain in the military, and he said in an interview that he would reenlist were it not for the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. But Sgt. Stout is through denying that he is gay, so he recently declared his sexual orientation to the Associated Press. Now he'll be lucky if he's allowed to serve out his tour, which ends in May, without being kicked out of the service. For under U.S. policy, even the most decorated and patriotic gay soldier is just a homosexual to be rooted out at the military's earliest convenience.
Go read the rest. We'll admit it, we liked Clinton a lot (we really liked him, and want him to come back and be president some more), but this whole Don't ask-don't tell business was about the silliest episode of his presidency (and yes, we're including the whole Starr sniffing Lewinsky's blue dress incident).
