Bigdogdaddy: This ruling won't last long. It'll just take another judge to put an injunction on his injunction....or something

Isn't this usually followed up by forcefield dogs and forcefield dog-eating dinosaurs?

/Not obscure.
//And you're all ashamed to admit it.

Bigdogdaddy: This ruling won't last long. It'll just take another judge to put an injunction on his injunction....or something

I think it will be repealed before it makes it to the supreme court though.

They want you! They want you! They want you as a new recruit!

Fun fact: it took Republicans to bring this to court and get it overturned.

Don't matter either way.

Straight Christians want to go to war for me, I'm all for it.

Haven't looked at it yet, but here's the full ruling. (new window)

FTFR:

The Act prevents servicemembers from openly joining organizations such as the plaintiff in this lawsuit that seek to change the military's policy on gay and lesbian servicemembers; in other words, it prevents them from petitioning the Government for redress of grievances. John Doe, for example, feared retaliation and dismissal if he joined the Log Cabin Republicans under his true name or testified during trial; thus, he was forced to use a pseudonym and to forgo testifying during trial.

Furthermore, as discussed above, the Act punishes servicemembers with discharge for writing a private letter, in a foreign language, to a person of the same sex with whom they shared an intimate relationship before volunteering for military service. It subjects them to discharge for writing private e-mail messages, in a manner otherwise approved, to friends or family members, if those communications might lead the (unauthorized) reader to discern the writer's sexual orientation. These consequences demonstrate that the Act's restrictions on speech are broader than reasonably necessary to protect the Government's interest.

How did this end up in the court in the Valley of the Dirt People? Just curious as it's kinda derpy out this way.

fenianfark: Good.

I am a middle of the road conservative and I find it ridiculous that homosexuals can't serve simply because of their orientation.

Because! The homogays are going to be in a foxhole, up close and personal, with another man! Perhaps an attractive man! A Sweaty, attractive, manly man! And we all know that the gays aren't like us straight people! No, the gays will always be thinking of plowing another man in the ass, no matter how hard the bullets and shrapnel are raining down upon them!

Also, how will that poor straight soldier be able to keep his mind on winning the war and killing the enemy if he has to defend his rear flank from a penile invasion?

leviosaurus: "Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash." - Winston Churchill

Where do I sign up?!

Hopfully they will be allowed to serve openly. I just want to know how they will set up things like barracks, shared showers, ect...

Necrosis: This is good news, but I don't expect it to change anything on the ground. I don't think a judge in CA can make the military change, it needs Obama and Congress to step up and protect equal rights, which both have so far failed at.

This. And if anyone thinks Congress is going to touch something this politically contentious this close to such a heated election cycle, and put their names on the record for or against it, you're crazy.

Does this mean that they have to name everybody ever in the military that was gay?