Just early today, the Obama administration asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to immediately suspend the U.S. District Judge’s, Virginia Phillips, ruling that overturned the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays. The Obama administration says it is in favor of repealing the law. However, the government says that letting the ruling go forward immediately would be a major problem for the military. This is an example of how direct government plays a vital role in policy reform and other situations. Even though the judge has the power to make a ruling; the Feds have the power to overturn it. The suspended ruling is also an example of bureaucracy, which is a process characterized by paperwork, unresponsiveness, and slow results.
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-Rebecca Jania
I believe the "don't ask, don't tell policy" is wrong, but we just can't eliminate it. We have to allow the military to prepare for such drastic changes as more gays are sure to enroll. If we were to just eliminate the policy there would be a lot of problems within the army. A lot of soldiers would have a problem sharing a barracks with a "Gay" soldier. In the military it will be hard to obtain the same rights for gays, but one day gay and straight soldiers will stand side by side on the battlefield.
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