The pro-gay Republican group seeking to overturn the Pentagon’s ban on gay men and women serving openly in the U.S. military has asked the Supreme Court to sweep aside an appellate court’s decision keeping the policy in place while the lower court considers the case. Depending on where you march, there’s both good and bad news here.
If you’re a gay advocate, the good news is that this case, pressed by the Log Cabin Republicans, has elevated the issue to the nation’s highest court and final arbiter on legal matters. The bad news is that this court is unlikely to second-guess the U.S. military’s desire to go slow on the matter, which would involve troop surveys (most troops don’t care, it turns out) and months of training before gays could serve openly.
If you oppose gays serving openly, the good news is that this court is unlikely to second-guess the U.S. military’s desire to go slow on the matter, which would involve troop surveys (most troops don’t care, it turns out) and months of training before gays could serve openly. The bad news is that this case, pressed by the Log Cabin Republicans, has elevated the issue to the nation’s highest court and final arbiter on legal matters.