Decorated War Hero Dischagred Under DADT
Topix Gay News May 20 09
After eighteen years and several medals, including one for heroism, Lt. Col. Fehrenbach is being discharged by the military because he is gay. Lt. Col. Fehrenbach was interviewed on the Rachel Maddow Show concerning his impending dismissal from the Air Force.
President Obama pledged to repeal DADT, as the policy is known. Congress must remove the law which allows DADT. President Obama could put a moratorium in place in order to prevent DADT from being implemented. It is not unusual for a law to go into abeyance while it is either litigated or debated in Congress. Anyone who violated DADT would have that noted in their records, and either that letter would be destroyed once DADT was repealed, or they could be fired only AFTER a specific period of time when the moratorium is lifted. Full story...
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