THE TELEGRAPH: A judge in California has struck down the US military's ban on homosexuals openly serving in the military, saying the policy is unconstitutional and violates the right to freedom of speech.
Judge Virginia Phillips said evidence presented by the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay conservative group, clearly showed the policy discriminates against homosexuals by forcing them to conceal their sexual orientation.
She said the act prevented gay servicemen and women in the military from talking about their relationships while allowing heterosexual troops to do the same.
"The Don't Ask Don't Tell Act, on its face, violates the constitutional rights" of homosexual troops, she wrote. >>> | Friday, September 10, 2010
