Can one root for both sides to lose in a case?
To: markomalley
this is going to be interested, the military discharged people under this policy since Clinton and similar discharges occurred since WWII, could we have people making claims for back pay that go back 40 years?
Gay reparations?
2 posted on
09/01/2011 9:21:31 AM PDT by
dila813
To: markomalley
So we can say Obama was for DADT after he was against it?
Oh, and PS: Thanks Log Cabin Republicans for fighting for true Conservative principles in this case. /sarc
3 posted on
09/01/2011 9:57:59 AM PDT by
Boogieman
To: markomalley
At issue is the repeal of Section 654 of Title X of the U.S. Code. This law, on the books since 1993, states (in part):
"The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."
Repeal of the 1993 law noted above did not repeal the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
The UCMJ was passed by Congress on 5 May 1950, signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, and became effective on 31 May 1951.
Uniform Code of Military Justice [excerpted]:
Article 125.
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient
to complete the offense.
(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall by punished as a court-martial may direct.
The oath taken by every president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. [emphasis added]
US Constitution [excerpted]
Article I
Section. 8.
Clause 14: [The Congress shall have Power] To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
Note that Congress has prohibited sodomy in the military through the UCMJ. All of the extraneous uproar concerning the repeal of the 1993 law is just that unless Congress takes the additional action of changing the UCMJ. Military commanders, including the Commander-in-Chief, are obligated by their oaths of office to enforce the rules and regulations made pursuant to laws (UCMJ) promulgated by Congress for the US military.
Without a change to the UCMJ eliminating the prohibition on sodomy, it appears the policy will revert to that which existed before 1993. Homosexual practitioners, if discovered (provably) engaging in sodomy, will be subject to court-martial. Consequently, the only way this situation can be averted is for the Commander-in-Chief to violate his oath to support the Constitution and issue illegal orders not to enforce the UCMJ.
4 posted on
09/01/2011 9:59:41 AM PDT by
Lucky Dog
To: markomalley
IMO those who have chosen the homosexual orientation have already lost.
5 posted on
09/01/2011 11:15:28 AM PDT by
StonyBurk
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