US Judge bans enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

[Bingbong]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...l-enforcement/

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A federal judge has issued a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, ending the military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips' landmark ruling issued Tuesday was widely cheered by gay rights organizations that credited her with getting accomplished what President Obama and Washington politics could not.

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have 60 days to appeal. Legal experts say they are under no legal obligation to do so and they could let Phillips' ruling stand.

Phillips declared the law unconstitutional after a two-week trial in federal court in Riverside. The case was brought about by the pro-gay Log Cabin Republicans.

Thumbs up folks, the courts got one right.

[Dantrag]

Good move.

[Senoska]

pro-gay Log Cabin

lol

[Iku]

This is dumb. Being gay is like one of the most used reason to get your ass out of a deployment. With the restriction lift off, if you get a deployment order now, you are fucked. All the gay activists had picked the wrong shit to fuck with.

[Priran]

in b4 activist judges

[ZarakiKujata]

I think this ruling is simply fabulous~

[Krandor]

Yay, now I get to spend months sealed in a boat with a bunch of faggots.

Ok not really, there are a lot of logical reasons that this shit will never hold up, pretty much filed under the same category of having men/women live in separate barracks/berthings

[Antithesis]

Yay, now I get to spend months sealed in a boat with a bunch of faggots.

Least you know the food will be good.

[Effluo]

This is dumb. Being gay is like one of the most used reason to get your ass out of a deployment. With the restriction lift off, if you get a deployment order now, you are fucked. All the gay activists had picked the wrong shit to fuck with.

Last squadron I was in before I got out had tons of people using this shit to get out. We also put one guy out for being a Nazi/racist/whatever. Leaving his copy of Mein Kampf on his bed for the berthing PO (who was black) to find during an inspection helped a little bith though.

[Ksandra]

This is dumb. Being gay is like one of the most used reason to get your ass out of a deployment. With the restriction lift off, if you get a deployment order now, you are fucked. All the gay activists had picked the wrong shit to fuck with.

best. ruling. ever.

[Abandon]

i could honestly care less. if you have gay people on the ship, you pretty much know it, especially on a small ship like my frigate. just one of the guys... except when we go to bars trying to pick up women.

[Ksandra]

Just make sure they're only the feminine types. That way, they'd be too shy to rape you, but are always willing to get raped if you get really lonely.

[Selamis]

This is dumb. Being gay is like one of the most used reason to get your ass out of a deployment. With the restriction lift off, if you get a deployment order now, you are fucked. All the gay activists had picked the wrong shit to fuck with.

Or you know, you could just not join the military if you want to not be deployed anywhere. It's not like you're forced any longer to be in the military and be gay and/or straight or anything...

[Abandon]

The breeze is strong with this one.

[Abandon]

Just make sure they're only the feminine types. That way, they'd be too shy to rape you, but are always willing to get raped if you get really lonely.

pretty much this.

[Lane]

Damn, now I can't join the military to get free plastic surgery then leave by telling them I want to have gay buttsecks with everyone.

[Kuya]

I always found it interesting that gays are fighting to join the institutions of marriage and the military. Not exactly questioning the foundations of our society kind of stuff.

But i suppose when you're a marginal group, it might be a good idea to incorporate yourself to traditional values in order to gain quicker acceptance i guess.

[Athas]

Finally something for the dems to say they did for the midterms.

(inc every democratic candidate saying they didn't vote for it, turning it into a bad thing and pinning it on pelosi)

[Cream Soda]

ok, so how do these rulings work? There are many judges, who gets to choose which makes decisions on these types of things. I've always been curious

[Kuya]

ok, so how do these rulings work? There are many judges, who gets to choose which makes decisions on these types of things. I've always been curious

The issue is federal since it involves a law from Congress, thus the case goes inmediately to a federal court. The "first level" judge would be a district court judge where the case was filed. The case was filed in Virginia, so the case is addressed in the Virgnia District Court. If the case is appealed, it goes to the Federal circuit court.