Legal Opinion
Log Cabin Republicans v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 2011No. 10-56634, 10-56813PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM Opinion; Concurrence by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
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2Per curiam
We are called upon to decide whether the congressionally enacted “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy respecting homosexual conduct in the military is unconstitutional on its face.
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In 1993, Congress enacted the policy widely known as Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The policy generally required that a service member be separated from the military if he had engaged or attempted to engage in homosexual acts, stated that he is a homosexual, or married or attempted to marry a person of the same sex. 10 U.S.C. § 654(b) (repealed); see, e.g., Dep’t of…
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