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Judge Issues Injunction Against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Instant Reactions

(Oct. 12) -- The day after National Coming Out Day, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. military must end enforcement of its controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy, The Associated Press reports. According to the report, "Judge Virginia Phillips ordered the military 'immediately to suspend and discontinue any...

Colin Powell Now Says Gays Should Serve Openly

WASHINGTON (Feb. 3) -- Colin Powell, who as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 1990s led the opposition to letting gays serve openly in the military, said today he had changed his mind. "In the almost 17 years since the 'don't ask, don't tell' legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed,"...