w*****8 发帖数: 703 | 1 Following the defeat of a vote in the US Senate to debate ending the US army
's Don't ask, Don't tell' policy, the British army claims that allowing gay
and lesbians to openly served has improved the armed forces.
Last week, primarily Republican US senators voted to block a debate into gay
and lesbian people being able to serve openly in the military. A minimum of
60 senators were required to be in favour of overturning a filibuster of
the 'defence authorisation bill' which includes the repeal o | w*****8 发帖数: 703 | 2 告美军解雇胜诉,美国联邦法庭裁决一女同性恋者准复职
中央社
2010-09-26
6年前因为女同志身分而遭美国空军解雇的航空护士维特少校(Major Margaret
Witt),将恢复她的职位。
据英国「每日邮报」(Daily Mail)报导,美国1名联邦法官裁定,维特应该尽快
返回工作岗位,这是美国军方对同性恋采取「不问、不说」(Don't Ask,Don 't Tell
)政策的最新司法挫败。
正当美军「不问、不说」政策引发各界激烈辩论之际,备受关注的维特少校案,最
后由美国联邦地区法官莱登(Ronald Leighton)做出了裁决。
虽然参议院共和党人士本周封杀1项废除同性恋从军禁令的努力,但莱登是本月第2
位裁定这项政策违宪的联邦法官。
美国空军得知维特和1名平民女性维持一段长期关系后,维特于2004年先遭到停职
,之后并在「不问、不说」政策下被军方解雇。维特为此提出诉讼,希望能够复职。
莱登告诉她:「今天妳已先赢得一项胜利,至于这场奋斗的深度和持续时间,将取
决于其他司法人员,希望很快就会轮到政府部门采取行动。」
除非军方上诉,否则维特将能恢复服役,尽管她的女同志身分已公 |
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