Federal court rules military must prove ‘troop readiness’ argument
“When the government attempts to intrude upon the personal and private lives of homosexuals, the government must advance an important governmental interest … and the intrusion must be necessary to further that interest.”
Judge Ronald M. Gould, a member of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled ito reinstate Major Margaret Witt‘s lawsuit. She “was suspended without pay in 2004 after the Air Force received a tip that she had been in a long-term relationship with a civilian woman.” (Forbes)
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