Federal court orders immediate end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy; Pentagon plans to comply - The Washington Post

Federal court orders immediate end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy; Pentagon plans to comply - The Washington Post: "SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the ban on openly gay members of the military, a move that could speed the end of the 17-year-old rule.

Congress repealed the policy in December and the Pentagon is already preparing to welcome gay military personnel, said the ruling from a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. There’s no longer any purpose for a stay the appeals court had placed on a lower court ruling that overturned “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the judges said."

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