On the Road to Restoring Honor
DADT, Judge Virginia A. Phillips wrote yesterday in an 86-page opinion ruling the policy unconstitutional, has a “direct and deleterious effect” on the armed services.
The New York Times reports :
The case, which was heard in July, involved testimony from six militaryofficers who had been discharged because of the policy. One, MichaelAlmy, was an Air Force major who was serving his third tour of duty inIraq when someone using his computer found at least one message to a mandiscussing homosexual conduct.So, which would you rather have in your platoon? An ordinary homo minding his own business, or a snoop and a snitch who reads his fellow soldier's private correspondence and starts spreading rumors about him? Hmm. Which of these two characters negatively impacts platoon cohesion?Another plaintiff, John Nicholson, was going through training forintelligence work in the Army and tried to conceal his sexualorientation by writing to a friend in Portuguese. A fellow servicemember who was also fluent in that language, however, read the letter onhis desk and rumors spread throughout his unit.
Talk about military honor.
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