'Don't ask, Don't tell' -- don't call home?
By Ed Hornick, CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS

* Gay service members in war zones fear being outed by communicating with partners
* Coming out violates military's don't ask, don't tell policy and means discharge
* A key issue is communicating with their partners in secret

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* U.S. Army Activities
* U.S. Marines Activities

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From Service Members United

Statement on Judge’s Ruling on Emergency Appeal in LCR Case against DADT

Posted by Servicemembers United on November 30, 2009.

Servicemembers United is extremely proud of the bold stance that Federal District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips took in her new ruling on the Justice Department’s motion for interlocutory (i.e., emergency) appeal in the Log Cabin Republicans’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) la… Continue

"What Obama should do, is call the Chiefs in, explain that repealing the [Don't Ask, Don't Tell] ban is a matter of national security, and tell them that if they are uncomfortable with that, they should resign."
--Colonel Dick Klass (USAF, ret.)

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http://sdgln.com/causes/2009/11/02/marine-commandant-appears-resist-white-house-gay-ban