White House Wants Gay-Policy Suit Tossed

[davidinalameda]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/02/07/national/w161426S86.DTL

The Bush administration on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's 11-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy.


The government said last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling that overturned state laws making gay sex a crime does not undercut the military's policy that allows gays and lesbians to serve as long as they abstain from homosexual activity and don't reveal their sexual orientation.


Courts previously have upheld the policy, approved by Congress and put in place by the Clinton administration.

[Ian David]

1. Support our troops my ass

"You can't go home because we've thrown too many gay people out of the army."

[Moderator]

2. kick