Air Force discharged lesbian after police tattled on her Iowa marriage [video]
”I played by ‘don’t ask, don’t tell… I just don’t agree with what the Rapid City police department did. … They violated a lot of internal policies on their end, and I feel like my privacy was violated.”
Sgt. Jene Newsome, a nine-year veteran who was (honorably) discharged from the Air Force. She tells AP and KOTA-TV that police from Rapid City, SD went to her home looking for Cheryl Hudson. a woman who lived in the home with Newsome. Police apparently felt Newsome was being uncooperative. And when they saw that they two women were married, they contacted the military to inform them about her legal marriage, which is still somehow prohibited under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Newsome and the ACLU have filed a complaint over the matter. (AP)
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