AP – A federal appeals court that has called for the immediate halt of the military’s ban on openly gay troops issued an order Monday requiring the U.S. government to state whether it will continue to defend the policy’s constitutionality in court. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepared to scrap the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even as the government prepared to scrap the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A federal court ruled Wednesday the US military had to immediately stop enforcing a ban on gays serving openly in uniform, even though the government is weeks away from scrapping the policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – A U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in a 2009 killing rampage at a Texas military base will face a court-martial where he could be sentenced to death, a military official ruled on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that employees of two defense contractors took part in the torture and abuse of Iraqis at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »
Reuters – The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that members of a fundamentalist church have a free-speech right to hold anti-gay protests at military funerals to promote their view that God hates America for tolerating homosexuality. Read the rest of this entry »