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Washington - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a landmark law to allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the US military for the first time, but it could be many months before a move some top officers warn may endanger...
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Washington - President Obama signed the bill Wednesday to end the 17-year ban on openly gay troops serving in the military, declaring at a White House ceremony that the legislation...
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In the wake of the Senate's vote to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on Saturday -- and President Obama's plan to sign the bill into law Wednesday morning -- just how long is it going to be before gay men and women...
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President Obama is scheduled to sign legislation Wednesday that will end the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, officially shifting to the Defense Department the political pressure surrounding the repeal of...
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Today the military, tomorrow the marriage altar?
In an era when gay Americans have seen stunning progress and many setbacks in the quest for equality under the law, many believe 2010 will go down in history as...
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"I'm going to file cloture on it tonight."
With those words, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that there will be a cloture vote on the stand-alone "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal bill. And, in what...
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The Marine Corps' top officer is under fire following remarks he made to reporters this week concerning the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Although Gen. Jim Amos has received some support for opposing efforts...
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 9) -- Now that Senate Republicans have blocked a defense bill that included a repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, gay rights advocates may have lost their last, best chance to...
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The Senate -- for the second time this fall -- blocked an effort to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Thursday afternoon. The move all but kills any chance of over-turning the 17-year old ban on gays...
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Senate Democrats said Wednesday they had a plan to overcome Republican objections and finally repeal the military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops. The White House also expressed...
Why are politicians so reluctant to question the military? Why do the President, Congress and Courts so often defer to the military's preferences...
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Jeremy Johnson |
| July 19, 2011 |
Jeremy Johnson is a member of the Palm Center staff and recently used the lifting of the stay issued by the Ninth Circuit court (July 6-July 15) to continue his attempt to reenlist after receiving an Honorable discharge under DADT in 2007. These are his observations.