At the behest of the Obama administration, the Supreme Court of the United States has rejected a challenge to the Clinton-era “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the US military.
Former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II was asking the Court to rule the policy, created by Bill Clinton in 1993 as a compromise between battling forces over the issue of gays in the military, as unconstitutional.
Although Barack Obama declared his approval of the eventual removal of the policy during last year’s presidential campaign, he has made no effort to do so yet.
In court papers, the Obama administration said the Boston appeals court ruled correctly in this case of Pietrangelo v. Gates, 08-824 when it found that “don’t ask, don’t tell” is “rationally related to the government’s legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion.”
It is believed Obama pushed for the Court to reject the appeal so the case would not became a mid-term election rallying cry for social conservatives.
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