Ban on Gays in the Military Stays in Effect

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Ban on Gays in the Military Stays in Effect
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
Published: November 12, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/us/13ask.html?_r=1

The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy restricting openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people from serving will remain in force while a legal challenge is considered by a federal appeals court, the United States Supreme Court declared Friday.

In an unsigned, two-paragraph order, the justices denied a request by the Log Cabin Republicans, the group trying to overturn the law, to reinstate an order by a federal district judge in California, Virginia A. Phillips, that prohibited enforcement during the appeal. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had ruled, however, that the military could continue enforcement during the appeal, and on Friday the Supreme Court agreed. The decision did not address the merits of the case.