On the heels of amazing and historic victories for marriage equality in Vermont, Iowa and DC last week, here’s a post by Eric McCool, writing at the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network blog that’s certain to resonate with many folks in the San Diego community.
A Voice from Iowa
As a corn-fed Iowa boy, I am proud of the Iowa Supreme Court’s unanimous decision for marriage equality. As a D.C. transplant, I am also proud of the D.C. council’s preliminary decision to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.
Yet, there remains a segment of Iowans and D.C. residents who will not be able to fully enjoy these victories. Those in the military are forbidden to marry because it’s a direct violation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes pointedly said, “It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have vanished long since, and the rule simply persists from blind imitation of the past.” O.W. Holmes, The Path of the Law, 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457, 469 (1897).
DADT must go. SLDN has the facts.
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