Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Someone said the "m" word!

Well, actually, it was the "i" word: A spokesman for Yale called the Pentagon's policy toward gays "immoral," which it is. The pronouncement was made after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia declared the Solomon Amendment unconstitutional, allowing Yale and other universities to continue its policy of not allowing military recruiters on campus as long as the Pentagon discriminates against gay soldiers. The court voted 2-1 that the Solomon Amendment violates Yale's First Amendment rights.

If the Pentagon found Yale to be in violation of the 1966 Solomon Amendment, which prevents universities from blocking military recruiting on their campuses, the university could lose millions of dollars of federal funding.

The White House will now try to take the case to the Supreme Court, where it is expected to be heard.

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