Eleven this Month
By This needs to stop, and it looks as if Jim Moran has the right idea about stopping it:
The Army fired 11 soldiers in January for violating the military’s policy that gay service members must keep their sexuality hidden, according to a Virginia congressman. Democratic Rep. Jim Moran said he has requested monthly updates from the Pentagon on the impact of the policy until it is repealed.
In a statement released on Thursday, Moran said the discharged soldiers included an intelligence collector, a military police officer, four infantry personnel, a health care specialist, a motor-transport operator and a water-treatment specialist.
“How many more good soldiers are we willing to lose due to a bad policy that makes us less safe and secure?” asked Moran, a member of the House panel that oversees military spending.
Clever way to approach it; making manifest the damage caused by the policy while at the same time invoking a sense of urgency. I think that the don’t ask don’t tell is dead policy walking anyway, but better to get rid of it as soon as possible.