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By Aubrey Sarvis
Letter to the Editor
The Boston Globe
February 8, 2009
Putting on hold for a moment that she opposes women serving in the military, Elaine Donnelly makes a flimsy case for keeping the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law in place.
Her main argument is that "repeal would increase misconduct problems three-fold, to include male/male and female/female incidents." How she knows this, we don't know. She fails to cite objective studies to support this assertion.
What we do know is that openly gay service members, like their straight counterparts, would be subject to the uniform code of military justice (the military's legal system), which applies regardless of gender, color, or sexual orientation.
Donnelly cites a "poll" by the Military Times. By its own acknowledgment, the paper's "poll" SF poll is an unscientific, limited sampling, as noted by ABC News' professional pollster.
National security will only be strengthened if qualified gays and lesbians can serve openly.
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By Aubrey Sarvis
Letter to the Editor
The Boston Globe
February 8, 2009
Putting on hold for a moment that she opposes women serving in the military, Elaine Donnelly makes a flimsy case for keeping the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law in place.
Her main argument is that "repeal would increase misconduct problems three-fold, to include male/male and female/female incidents." How she knows this, we don't know. She fails to cite objective studies to support this assertion.
What we do know is that openly gay service members, like their straight counterparts, would be subject to the uniform code of military justice (the military's legal system), which applies regardless of gender, color, or sexual orientation.
Donnelly cites a "poll" by the Military Times. By its own acknowledgment, the paper's "poll" SF poll is an unscientific, limited sampling, as noted by ABC News' professional pollster.
National security will only be strengthened if qualified gays and lesbians can serve openly.
