If you were wondering how hypocritical the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy really is, well it is actually ridiculously hypocritical. If you are gay and come any of these 9 states of the U.S., you may have more protections than the rest of your countrymen or women.
The States are Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. This is because of the “largely overlooked” 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling in 2008, which makes it more difficult for the American military to chuck openly gay people out of service.
The idea is, unless the dismissal is going to help the military in some way, there is no reason for the openly out soldier to be dismissed. The case was made famous after Margaret Witt was dismissed two years before her retirement because she lived with her girlfriend. However, any soldier outside the 9 states mentioned above still fall under the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, which has been used against LGBT soldiers unfairly.
If straight men and women can serve together in the army
, and not affect the “cohesion” of the army, why can’t LGBT serve in the army as well? Unfortunately, chances are that even the 9 States that are largely overlooked may come under the purview of the military and LGBT people may from these states may not be able to serve.
Via: Queerty
