From Big News Network:
Saturday 14th March, 2009One of few good things which Bill Clinton at least started to do … however, he allowed homophobic big brass to stop him. See also here.U.S. soldiers kicked out of army for being gay
Eleven soldiers received their marching orders from the U.S. Army in January for being gay.
The soldiers in infantry, intelligence, military police and medical-care were charged wth breaching the army’s policy that homosexual servicemembers not disclose their sexual preferences.
Democratic Representative Jim Moran of Virginia says he is getting monthly updates from the Pentagon on discharges related to the army’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which President Obama says he will review.
The policy was implementd 16 years ago under former President Bill Clinton, after two studies were commissioned.
President Jimmy Carter’s former Secretary of the Army, Clifford Alexander, issued a stinging rebuke Thursday of the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy when he called it a form of bigotry and an overall “inconsistent, foolish policy”: here.
Gay groups claim the Iraqi government is giving tacit support to the death squads targeting young homosexuals who venture outdoors: here.
