LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.”
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WHAT THE MILARY GAY BAN CAN TEACH US ABOUT TMP’S ABE OF THE “NATNAL SECURY” RATNALE
DeSantis' mpaign shared a vio that attacked Tmp for his support of LGBTQ rights, promptg wispread backlash. Both ndidat have rolled back protectns for trans and gay people office. * trump gay military *
LGBTQ equaly did not end when homosexualy was crimalized the Uned Stat nearly two s ago or when same-same marriage was clared the law of the land by the Supreme Court nearly six years ago. “In that sense, is a perfect parallel to the failed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, also sold as not beg a ban although signed to systemilly ph gay people out of ary service — or at least keep them silent and visible.
To see how easily the natnal secury mantle n be ed to ny an entire populatn their fundamental rights for s, one need only look at the recent history of the fight for lbian, gay and bisexual ary service.
As a rult of all this, the ban on openly gay service was repeatedly upheld by feral urts bee, as one judge put , “the ary is entled to ference for s profsnal termatn that [asserted] legimate ncerns would adversely impact our natn’s ary reads. Denyg lbian, gay, and bisexual people the right to serve uniform was vastatg to such people and hampered ary reads.