www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Asia-Pacific

US military told to accept gay recruits

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-10-20 08:04
Large Medium Small

US military told to accept gay recruits
Participants carry a large rainbow flag towards the US Capitol during a gay rights demonstration in Washington in this file photo taken on October 11, 2009. [Agencies/File Photo]


WASHINGTON – The?Defense Department?of the United States said Tuesday that it is accepting openly gay recruits, but is warning applicants they might not be allowed to stick around for long.

Following last week's court ruling that struck down a 1993 law banning gays from serving openly, the US?military has suspended enforcement of the rule known as "don't ask, don't tell." The Justice Department is appealing the decision and has asked the courts for a temporary stay on the ruling.

Related readings:
US military told to accept gay recruits'Dilemma' dispute hurts gay rights group
US military told to accept gay recruitsUS television getting more gay friendly
US military told to accept gay recruitsGay marriage can resume next week
US military told to accept gay recruitsSmile 4 gay

The Defense Department said it would comply with the law and had frozen any discharge cases. But at least one case was reported of a man being turned away from an Army recruiting office in Austin, Texas.

Pentagon spokeswoman Cynthia Smith on Tuesday confirmed that recruiters had been given top-level guidance to accept applicants who say they are gay.

Recruiters also have been told to inform potential recruits that the moratorium on enforcement of "don't ask, don't tell" could be reversed at any point, if the ruling is appealed or the court grants a stay, she said.

The uncertain status of the law has caused much confusion within an institution that has historically discriminated against gays. Before the 1993 law, the US Defense Department banned gays entirely and declared them incompatible with military service.

Douglas Smith, spokesman for US Army Recruiting Command based at Fort Knox, Ky., said even before the ruling recruiters did not ask applicants about their sexual orientation. The difference now is that recruiters will process those who say they are gay.

"If they were to self admit that they are gay and want to enlist, we will process them for enlistment, but will tell them that the legal situation could change," Smith said.

He said the enlistment process takes time and recruiters have been told to inform those who are openly gay that they could be declared ineligible if the law is upheld on appeal.

"US Army Recruiting Command is going to follow the law, whatever the law is at the time," he said.

US District Judge Virginia Phillips, who had ordered the military to stop enforcing "don't ask, don't tell," was expected to deny the administration's request to delay her order. That would send the case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Map snapshot After Phillips' ruling last week, Omar Lopez?-- discharged from the Navy in 2006 after admitting his gay status to his military doctor?-- walked into an Army recruiting office in Austin and asked if he could re-enlist. He said he was up front, even showing the recruiters his Navy discharge papers.

"They just said, `I can't let you re-enlist because we haven't got anything down from the chain of command,'" Lopez, 29, told the AP in a telephone interview. "They were courteous and apologetic, but they couldn't help me."

Smith was unable to confirm the account. She said guidance on gay applicants had been issued to recruiting commands on Oct 15.

主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本成人免费观看 | 日本加勒比在线 | 国内自拍视频一区二区三区 | 久草视频中文 | 美女啪啪网站又黄又免费 | 精品午夜国产在线观看不卡 | 亚洲综合在线另类色区奇米 | 亚洲第一视频在线播放 | 一级黑人 | 久久久91精品国产一区二区 | 毛片免费视频网站 | 欧美精品在线视频观看 | 成人影视免费 | 伊人55影院 | 久久毛片网站 | 99精品在线看| 欧美成人免费观看bbb | 欧美国产精品久久 | 欧美一级特黄特色大片免费 | 欧美一级毛片俄罗斯 | 亚洲一二区 | 色伊人国产高清在线 | 日本精品久久久久久久久免费 | 欧美色久 | 日本一区二区三区高清在线观看 | 手机福利在线 | 欧美一区a | 国产制服 国产制服一区二区 | 日韩午夜在线观看 | 手机毛片在线观看 | 国产久视频| 亚洲天堂毛片 | 日韩一区二区在线免费观看 | 亚洲欧美在线免费 | 国内精品久久国产大陆 | 草草影院在线播放 | 国产精品变态重口在线 | 美女18网站 | a级毛片毛片免费观看久潮喷 | rion美乳弹出来四虎在线观看 | 免费国产高清视频 |