SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Pentagon may temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay men and women in uniform while a challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy continues working its way through the judicial system.
The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco added to the disarray surrounding a landmark legal battle that already has forced the U.S. military to welcome openly gay recruits for the first time.
The panel instructed lawyers for the gay rights group that brought the lawsuit challenging the policy to file arguments in response to its ruling by Monday.
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it's such a non-issue there have always been gays in the military even women passing as men that served proudly and gallantly I don't recall there being any scandals about gays disrupting order in fact the only thing remotely scandalous was the straight soldiers from Ft. Bragg caught doing gay porno for money..............its not like they bunk with the poor christian infantry men they usually go in as officers with degrees linguistic training or as advanced special forces...............its and old persons issue young people don't care who is gay black white etc. it's a different world
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