http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-1021-dont-ask-web-20101020,0,1158860.story

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"Justice Department asks appeals court to overturn 'don't ask' injunction"

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"The government says the 'extraordinary decision' went too far, too fast and is causing 'confusion and uncertainty' in the Pentagon and among gays and lesbians in the ranks. "

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"Reporting from Washington — The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco to quickly set aside a judge's order that bars enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, saying the judge's "extraordinary decision" went too far, too fast. The 25-page motion says the appeals court should lift the judge's order Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Southern California, acting on a suit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans, declared the "don't ask" policy unconstitutional last month. On Oct. 12, she then ordered the Pentagon to stopping enforcing the policy, which it did. "

10/20/2010 3:43:45 PM

Holy misleading thread title Batman

Somebody send this shit thread to the garbage pile immediately

10/20/2010 3:49:18 PM

i thought we all just ignored Norrin Radd anyways

10/20/2010 3:58:47 PM

I tend to ignore who the poster is when I'm reading an OP i dunno why

10/20/2010 4:04:11 PM

I'd respond to this thread if I weren't so confused.

10/20/2010 4:39:14 PM

Government says Pentagon confused

10/20/2010 4:57:37 PM

now we get to figure out who all the gays are


ya see, all the gays will jump the gun and start being proud of their gayness and come out of the closet

then the law will be enacted again, and there will be opportunistic discharges before the law is again repealed

then due to the timing of these discharges, young gay men and women will return home and then people will instantly know that most likely they got discharged cuz they decided to revel in their gayness and got caught in the net so to speak.

10/20/2010 5:08:03 PM

the SLDN has the right idea: wait until it's a done deal before you come out

10/20/2010 6:52:07 PM

[Edited on October 20, 2010 at 6:52 PM. Reason : itt I double-post

10/20/2010 6:52:07 PM

ehehehe. opportunistic discharges

10/20/2010 7:26:30 PM

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"I'd respond to this thread if I weren't so confused."

ITT Supplanter reveals he's gay???



UPDATE

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"A federal appeals court has frozen a judge's order halting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, even as the Pentagon has announced it will accept openly gay recruits. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday temporarily granted the U.S. government's request for a freeze on the judge's order. The appellate court instructed lawyers for the gay rights group that brought the lawsuit successfully challenging the policy to file arguments in response by Monday. The judges would then decide whether to extend the temporary stay while it considers the government's appeal of U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips' ruling that the policy was unconstitutional. "

10/21/2010 9:51:03 AM

lol the military is afraid it won't be able to meet enrollment quotas if bigots feel uncomfortable serving

10/21/2010 1:15:24 PM

you have to wonder though

will gays be housed in separate barracks? based on principle they kinda have to be

10/21/2010 1:22:18 PM

They'll probably have separate bathrooms and cafeterias too

10/21/2010 1:31:11 PM

They'll also fight in separate battles. The UN will pass a resolution that requires all wars be fought on two fronts: gay and straight. All gays will be given little pink triangles to wear on their uniforms. Pink guns too. Grenades will spray confetti and glitter in addition to shrapnel.

10/21/2010 1:33:42 PM

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"will gays be housed in separate barracks? based on principle they kinda have to be"

I dunno, can we trust soldiers to act like adults?

10/21/2010 1:36:36 PM

how exactly does an "adult" act?

10/21/2010 1:53:18 PM

Not surprised you'd ask.

Adults are capable of acting professionally regardless of the harmless, victimless proclivities of their coworkers.

In other words, they don't judge and fuck with each other on matters of taste.

10/21/2010 2:28:04 PM

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"I dunno, can we trust soldiers to act like adults?"

First off, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH


Secondly, im sure thats the first thing you thought of when you heard the term "Coed Dorms"

yea you expected all of your fellow tenants to carry themselves as ladies and gentlemen.

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"They'll also fight in separate battles. The UN will pass a resolution that requires all wars be fought on two fronts: gay and straight. All gays will be given little pink triangles to wear on their uniforms. Pink guns too. Grenades will spray confetti and glitter in addition to shrapnel. "

i mean yea because women fight in a separate war than the men do.


[Edited on October 21, 2010 at 3:18 PM. Reason : bn]

10/21/2010 3:16:10 PM

Do gays have separate accommodations at boarding schools? College dorms? Gym locker rooms? Public restrooms? Prisons? We civilians seem to keep it under control (except for prisons but that's obviously different). Why can't the military?

10/21/2010 3:40:00 PM

"durrr, we're worried about gays fraternizing w/ each other so lets put them all in their own barracks" - a total dumbshit moron

10/21/2010 3:44:02 PM

yup fuck it lets just let all the women, men, and gays board together

in the name of being viewed as a progressive nation.

[Edited on October 21, 2010 at 3:48 PM. Reason : d]

10/21/2010 3:48:23 PM

oh

the horror

oh no

the end of america as we know it

oh no

10/21/2010 3:55:08 PM

i mean, i guess our gay servicepeople wouldn't mind having separate quarters. makes it easier for them to know who's available

10/21/2010 4:51:07 PM

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"First off, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH Secondly, im sure thats the first thing you thought of when you heard the term "Coed Dorms" "

Yeah, college kids like to fuck therefore gay guys in a barracks would run wild like in your midnight faggot fantasies

10/21/2010 11:54:09 PM

Chit Chat in my TSB?!

10/22/2010 12:05:07 AM

10/22/2010 12:32:10 AM

In non-US controlled Allied bases in the AOR, many of their barracks and latrines are co-ed. It's a non-issue.

Many US forces have serves with openly gay forces from other countries...again it's a non-issue most of the time.

While, I don't deny that there are many bigots in the military who are homophobic, the VAST majority of anger and debate over this issue has come from gays who don't want to serve, yet demand the right to and straight people, who haven't served a day in the their life, yet think they know what is best for the military.

10/22/2010 1:27:16 PM