‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ protested
Gagged and silent, about 40 students stood on the steps of Yale Law School on Wednesday to protest the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay soldiers.
From there they walked somberly to the Courtyard Marriott, where Navy and Air Force recruiters had appointments to interview five students inside.
For the second straight year, Yale Law School’s career services was required — by court order — to provide assistance to those military recruiters, even though the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay soldiers grates against the Law School’s own nondiscrimination policy.
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the med school would lose funding too
Completely agree; I would respect *that*.
yes, if they had the courage of convictions they would refuse money.
on the other hand how many yale grads join the military. I think if yale grads joined it would help make the military more progressive.
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Couldn't agree more! If Yale wants the military to think the Yale way, they should flood the officer ranks with its graduates! Bring ROTC back to campus!
It is remarkable that a group of law students could leave the reporter with the impression that "The military enacted the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the 1990s". DADT is a federal law (http://dont.stanford.edu/regulations/pl103-60.pdf) enacted by a Democratic Congress and signed by President Clinton.
It is perfectly fine for law students to seek to reform this law - indeed it is hard to imagine a good reason to exclude gay lawyers from the military - but their energy should be directed at Congress, not the military.
Dean Koh and the Law School should show the true strength of thier convictions and just refuse the govt. money.