REPEAL OF DADT

Military Ethics: Repeal Of DADT is the only Choice for Justice



Outline

Introduction

Thesis Statement

An Overview of History

Advanced Scheme in 1993

Arguments against the Policy

Facts About DADT

Policies of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Legal Facts

Conclusion

The Repeal of DADT is a Victory and Only Choice for Justice

Military Ethics: Repeal Of DADT is the only Choice for Justice

Introduction

The new laws and regulations associated with homosexuality in US military service came into effect in 1993. It reflected a compromise shown in the policy. The name given to this compromised policy was denoted as "don't ask, don't tell". This compromised policy holds a specific position in the US army, an army which has over the years shown an inclination towards indulging in same-sex acts. There is every possibility that this act would generate an unacceptable risk to the high standards of military capability, whose essence are; discipline, morale, good order and maintained unit cohesion. This is not a law, just a policy under which service members are neither allowed to discuss nor they will be asked about their “same sex orientation”. Service members are not prevented by the law about being questioned of their sexual deed or needs. This compromise notwithstanding, the issue has remained politically contentious.

In 1993, after many months of study, debate, and political controversy, Congress passed and President Clinton signed legislation establishing a revised policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces (Long, 1993). The new legislation pondered a compromise considering the U.S. military's policy towards members of the Armed Forces who employ in same-sex behavior. This compromise, colloquially concerned to as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT)," applies that the presence in the armed forces of individuals who establish a tendency or intent to employ in same-sex acts would create an insufferable risk to the high standards of team spirit, good order and discipline, and unit cohesiveness which are the core of military capability. Service members are not to be necessitated about, nor allowed to discuss, their sexual orientation. This compromise notwithstanding, the concern has stayed both politically and legally contentious (Korb, 2010).

Thesis Statement

The Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell policy is a victory and the only choice of justice.

An Overview of History

During the War of Independence was punished sodomy, and then defined as oral or anal sex with dishonorable expulsion. The first record of removal is 1778, when Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin was expelled with disgrace, with the approval of George Washington, on charges of sodomy and perjury. The code continued to hold the crime of sodomy, but it was not until 1942 when the armed forces considered homosexuals away completely through the filter in the recruiting process and internal investigations. So anyone accused of being gay or bisexual was subject to sanction by the sodomy law and expelled with disgrace by section 8 of the military code, without receiving any benefits provided to veterans.

The figures on the effectiveness of the segregation process during recruitment since the 1940's until the year 1980 is still debated, some men pretended to be gay during the Vietnam war to get rid of belonging to the quota and many homosexuals managed to circumvent ...