Military Discrimination against Homosexuals

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Homosexuals, bisexuals and lesbians were a condemned lot not allowed to serve in the United States military service including the Navy forces. Service men and women in the military were judged not only with reference to their behavioral conduct but also from their sexual orientation results. The Department of Defense (DOD) would ask questions concerning sexual orientation of prospects willing to join the military service. A sexual orientation related to sexual attraction to people of a particular gender. Even members of the military service were not allowed to make any statement that meant they (he or she) were homosexuals. Language was highly targeted since the passing of the act of language in the National Defense Authorization. This act was aimed not to allow anybody from the military to make any statements that notified the public that he or she was involved in any form of gay behavior. These statements would end up making the military service look morally degraded and as a bad group in the United States.

The Department of Defense would dismiss anybody who made such statements to the public or any person who said something that had similar meaning. In the United States some people viewed homosexuality as a bad practice that tarnished the name of the military service and they did not expect this behavior from the military service. However, some people were not against the idea. Some American citizens also did not understand clearly what the term sexual orientation meant. Even some members of the Department o Defense did not have a clear distinction of what sexual orientation really meant, and whether language was questionable when it came to dismissing any homosexual from the military service. However, homosexuality was not a...

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...nguage was involved in the senate versions concerning the National defense that allowed the repeal of the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy’ passed in the year 1993. The bill was passed by the house and the senate in May 2010. However, the voters failed to bring the bill on the platform for passage with regard to the votes. In September 2010, Federal Judge Phillips Virginia ruled out the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ law as unconstitutional and inapplicable. In October 2010 the same person, Judge Virginia Phillips enjoined the DOD from applying the ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Law’ (Burrelli F. (2010).

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Burrelli F. (2010). “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”: The Law and Military Policy on Same-sex

Behavior. Retrieved from: Case Attached

The Washington Times, LLC (2011). The Washington Times.

Retrieved from: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/13/gates-choice/

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