Military Discharging Two Soldiers Per Day For Being Gay Despite War

[racaulk]

(Washington) The armed forces discharged an average of two people a day in 2005 for being openly gay a group advocating for LGBTs in the military said on Wednesday.

Citing newly released data for 2005 the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network said the rate of discharge has remained relatively consistent each year since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But, it added that the numbers represent a 40% decrease compared with years prior to the attacks.

A total of 742 military personnel were discharged under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on openly gay service members, up from 668 discharges among the services in 2004.

"The time has come for the Pentagon to call on Congress to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,'" said SLDN executive director C. Dixon Osburn.

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Link: http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/052406Military.htm


Everyone who is able and willing to serve should be allowed to. Our military is already stretched thin enough without people being discharged for no good reason. This is precisely why DADT needs to be repealed.

[stepnw1f]

1. "Get Them Up Against the Wall..."

- Pink Floyd

[Glorfindel]

2. Hell, there were PLENTY of gay soldiers in Vietnam...

but I guess that was courtesy of the draft. Besides, everyone was a little more experimental in the 60's and 70's, I think. What a shame that our country is REGRESSING instead of PROGRESSING....

[robbibaba]

3. I wonder if average GIs know about this?

Seems like there would be a rash of newly flaming gay GIs! Forget the body armor from back home, honey send me a pink angora sweater!

[davidinalameda]

4. if you have any color angora sweater in Iraq

I'm sure that would qualify you for a Section 8

angora in the desert heat?

you're just asking for sweat stains