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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

About freakin' time...!

let's hope this is the end of it...
Judge Orders Injunction on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, ending the U.S. military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.

U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips' landmark ruling was widely cheered by gay rights organizations that credited her with getting accomplished what President Obama and Washington politics could not.

U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have 60 days to appeal. Legal experts say they are under no legal obligation to do so and could let Phillips' ruling stand.

oh, i'm sure the religious fundamentalists will be weeing in their pants over this one... let 'em...

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