DON'T ASK DON'T TELL IN THE MILITARY

Don't Ask Don't Tell In the Military

Don't Ask Don't Tell In the Military

Do Not Ask, Do Not Tell

Do not ask, do not tell ("Do not ask, do not tell") is a doctrine and legislation in 1993 to 2010 in the armed forces of the United States vis-à-vis homosexuals. It was abolished by a vote of the U.S. Senate December 18, 2010 and implemented September 20, 2011.

The policy adopted in 1993 was to relax the ban on homosexuals in the military to engage in intimate to the army not to inquire about the sexual orientation of recruits, with an offsetting the discretion of those concerned: no not ask, do not reveal. The law continues to prohibit any person who "demonstrates a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts" from serving in the U.S. military, because it "would create an unacceptable risk against the high moral standards, order, discipline and cohesion that are the essence of military capability. " The legislation thus preventing any person gay or bisexual to reveal his sexual orientation or about homosexual relationships, including marriage and the same-sex parents as they served the U.S. forces. The "do not ask" means that the superiors should not start an investigation as there was no prohibited conduct, although there are many cases where suspicions about the homosexuality of a person led to an investigation. During the implementation of this legislation, at least 14,000 U.S. troops had to resign from the army for this reason (Berlatsky, 2011).

On December 15, 2010, the House of Representatives adopted by 250 votes against 175, a bill to abolish the doctrine Do not ask, do not tell, a discriminatory policy against homosexuals who were engaged in the military U.S. The Administration Barack Obama was clearly in favor of the repeal, as polls in the military. On December 18, the Senate votes the final abolition of the law of Clinton (1993) by 65 votes against 31. Even Republican Senators voted for abolition. "As the President said a long time, ending the directive Do not ask, do not tell and allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military will strengthen our national security, while upholding the fundamental principle of equality on which our country was founded, "is the official statement in the form of statement from the White House after the Senate vote (Frank, 2009).

On July 6, 2011, by decision of a Court of Appeals San Francisco , standards prohibiting yet formally to the various American gays and lesbians to engage in their armies were immediately suspended (Do not ask, do not tell ). The Pentagon was writing the new rules but this decision prevails and forced the spokesman for the defense to anticipate these commitments "in the next few weeks." Already, anyone can go to a recruitment center and openly gay or lesbian: the recruitment center now has a legal obligation to investigate this request (Berlatsky, 2011).

The U.S. Senate approved Saturday by 66 votes to end the so-called policy of ...