The First Out Lesbian to Serve in the U.S. Military by Court Order: Maj. Margaret Witt

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Congratulations, Major and ACLU of Washington!

gloomy gus on November 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Not to be a downer, but I'm curious: did they deliberately choose to not appeal further or are they out of appeal avenues somehow...?

Joe Szilagyi on November 24, 2010 at 10:56 AM

i don't forget that the us military is the most diverse workforce in the world.

i also don't forget that it's budget and size needs to be reduced by 2/3.

Max Solomon on November 24, 2010 at 11:01 AM

http://images.chips-tv.com/redir.cgi/Gal…

on November 24, 2010 at 11:03 AM

@2 "The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it will seek an appeal even though it will not seek to stay the reinstatement of Major Margaret Witt,"

http://yubanet.com/usa/Lambda-Legal-Blas…

OuterCow on November 24, 2010 at 11:08 AM

I'm waiting for a court to order the military to remove their ban on short people. Because short people have rights too.

Fifty-Two-Eighty on November 24, 2010 at 11:17 AM

Does Grethe Cammermeyer somehow not count?

Hawke on November 24, 2010 at 11:29 AM

Grats - even if she is a chair force puke - I'm glad for her.

jj41243 on November 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM

I really wish the two major gay civil rights issues that people care about these days -- military and marriage -- weren't topics that I find so repugnant.

ian on November 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM

You rock!

Vince on November 24, 2010 at 3:16 PM

@3: They're working on reducing manning--sorry, "force shaping"--right now. The DoD wants DADT gone, but they probably wanted it gone a lot more when they weren't trying to shed people like mad anyway.

gember on November 24, 2010 at 3:28 PM