Just this past Thursday, a Virginia judge ruled that the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell policy” is unconstitutional and issued an order against it. This injunction will immediately give homosexual Americans the right to enlist in the military, and active service members the right to openly admit to being gay. However this is not necessarily anything for the LGBGT community to celebrate just yet.
Though Obama has been an open and vocal supporter of doing away with the policy, he is expected to file a countersuit to this court decision. The policy has been for sometime in review of the president and the pentagon. It is expected by many that Obama will file a countersuit to revoke the injunction until the policy has been internally reviewed by himself and the pentagon.
This could mean disaster for any service members that choose to become openly gay at this time. If the court ruling is knocked down, all of the new service members, and members who choose to come out, could be kicked out of the military. Though gays are technically legal to be openly so in the military, it comes with a catch. No freedom has truly been gained for the gay community yet, but this ruling is sure to hasten the process of the pentagon and the Presidents’ decision making.
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