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PageOneQ: Washington Post: End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

An editorial in today's edition of the Washington Post has called for the end to the law which codified the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy into law. The law requires gay and lesbian servicemembers to remain in the closet.

The influential paper, known for first breaking the Watergate scandal, joins the NY Times in supporting a repeal. The Times editorial was published three years ago, on July 10, 2005. It may be read here.

Excerpts from the editorial follow. The entire editorial may be read HERE.

THE "DON'T ASK, don't tell" policy that continues the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the U.S. military was wrong when President Clinton signed it into law in 1993, and it's wrong today. The only difference between then and now is that more people are now coming around to that conclusion.

The latest entrants -- four retired officers, each representing a branch of the military -- made their views known in the "Report of the General/Flag Officers' Study Group" released this week by the Michael D. Palm Center of the University of California at Santa Barbara. They interviewed people who had been drummed out of service because of "don't ask, don't tell," in addition to hearing testimony from military commanders and scholars in a range of disciplines including psychology and law. Their findings reveal the devastating impact of this wrongheaded policy.

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