{"id":29547,"date":"2012-04-17T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29547"},"modified":"2012-04-17T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T17:28:47","slug":"air-force-walks-back-on-2008-dadt-discharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29547","title":{"rendered":"Air Force walks back on 2008 DADT discharge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network<\/a> (SLDN) and the law firm, Morrison & Foerster thought this was important enough to send us a press release. I wonder why. But it looks like the Air Force is reinstating Staff Sergeant Anthony Loverde who was discharged under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy;<\/p>\n

“I am honored and humbled to return to the service of my country and the job I love. I am grateful to my legal team and all of those in the armed forces who helped to facilitate this reinstatement. I am eager to take the oath and get to work,” said Loverde.<\/p>\n

Loverde’s reinstatement is the result of a resolution on his behalf in the historic case, Almy v. U.S., filed in 2010, which challenges the constitutionality of the three plaintiffs’ discharges under DADT and seeks their reinstatement to active duty. A resolution was reached in December 2011 on behalf of Petty Officer 2nd Class Jase Daniels, who was reinstated in the U.S. Navy as a linguist. A resolution on behalf of the third plaintiff in the case, former Air Force Major Mike Almy, is expected soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s pretty much stupid. The problem is that they were removed from the service while it was the policy of the military that they adhere to easily definable constraints, and they refused to fulfill their end of the bargain. They couldn’t keep their mouths shut about their sexual proclivities, and all they had to do was not admit that they were deviants. How hard is that? Too hard, apparently. When you break the law, you break the law. <\/p>\n

Of course, the press release calls the policy “discriminatory”, which it most certainly was NOT. What’s discriminatory is the way straights are forced to tolerate this deviant behavior while we’re not allowed to complain about it. That’s oppressive. <\/p>\n

“This historic reinstatement again reminds us that today’s military is a welcoming place for qualified patriots whose careers were cut short by the unjust ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law. This victory is unique because it is a reinstatement – not just a reentry – meaning that Sergeant Loverde will return to his previous rank and be able to continue his career as if it had never been interrupted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even though he couldn’t follow a simple policy, he’s returned as if nothing ever happened. Why would the Air Force want him back? What if he decides that haircut policies are “discriminatory”? Or uniform standards? Maybe we can see Soup Sandwich returned to the Air Force because he thinks their policy against huffing shoe polish discriminates against idiots?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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