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THE RACE IS ON

Will The Congress or The Federal Judiciary be responsible for the demise of DADT?

Margaret Witt, Air Force Major Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Ordered Reinstated

"Today you have won a victory in that struggle, the depth and duration of which will be determined by other judicial officers and hopefully soon the political branches of government," the judge told her, choking up as he recalled Witt's dramatic testimony about her struggles.

The current trend to the judicial appeals is that the reason for the DADT, mission impairment, has not been proven.

Further that the policy itself violates first amendment rights as well as others.

Why it has taken so long for these suits to churn through the system is a mystery. One thing is that it takes money and guts to take this as far as it needs to be taken.

Another is that the judicial path had to be found that would break through the barriers constructed originally by Congress.

it has been a long, hard and rewarding road.

Labels: gay military, gay politics, gay rights