Gays in the Military/LGBT Law

Transgender Mandates Delayed but Still on Auto-Pilot

Late on Friday, June 30, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a six-month delay in implementation of an Obama Administration mandate to recruit transgenders into the military. One year ago, Mattis’ predecessor Ashton Carter issued a unilateral directive ordering the... Read More

05 Jul 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

Holdover Transgender Mandate Impedes Efforts to...

Military Times recently reported that LGBT activists are pushing hard to get the Trump Administration to fully embrace President Barack Obama’s orders to accommodate transgenders in the military. At the same time, a new Conservative Action Project (CAP) "Memo for the Movement,"... Read More

01 Jun 17

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, White House/Pentagon

Congress Shares Blame for Photo-Sharing Scandal

On March 15, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York hauled in Marine Commandant General Robert Neller , lambasting him for the red-hot Marines United Internet photo-sharing scandal. She was not alone in expressing outrage that 30,000 members of the limited access... Read More

23 Mar 17

Tags Congress/Legislation, Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Sexual Misconduct

Defense Department Orders Acceptance of Gender Identity...

The Obama Administration has announced final plans to impose on the military the President’s most extreme social experiment yet: a policy regarding transgenders in the military that orders all personnel to deny scientific facts regarding human biology. Read More

28 Oct 16

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, White House/Pentagon

Secretary of Defense Stumbles into Transgender Legal Morass

On June 30, just before the end of "LGBT Equality Month ,” Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that transgender individuals may serve openly in the military. The news conference transcript reveals that Secretary Carter was oblivious to... Read More

06 Jul 16

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Training Standards & Health, Training, Physiology, & Athletics

Pentagon’s New Gender Order Takes “Diversity” to Extremes

In the classic TV series “M*A*S*H*,” Corp. Maxwell Klinger , played by Jamie Farr , dressed in women’s clothes in hopes that he might be sent home from the Korean War . Decades later, Pentagon officials have embraced policies that might encourage... Read More

22 Jun 15

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity, Women in the Military

The Marines and General Mundy -- The Rest of the Story

On Saturday, April 12, I was privileged to attend the Military Tribute at the Marine Corps Memorial near Arlington National Cemetery honoring General Carl E. Mundy, Jr. , the 30th Commandant, who died on April 2. Read More

16 Apr 14

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity

The Marines and General Mundy

General Carl E. Mundy, Jr., the 30th Commandant, was a man of character, a mentor, and a good friend I've known since 1994. On April 2 he died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, having struggled with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma. His email... Read More

05 Apr 14

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Military Culture/Diversity

Manning and Hasan Lessons Learned: The Deadly Price of...

The story of 25 year-old Army Pvt. Bradley Manning , now convicted, demoted, and sentenced to 35 years at Fort Leavenworth prison, has taken a bizarre turn. In the same week, Major Nidal Hasan, a bearded jihadist wearing an Army uniform, sat in a... Read More

22 Aug 13

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Judicial/Legal Matters

Lessons Learned: Impact of DOMA Ruling on Military Families

In an article published in the Washington Times , CMR President Elaine Donnelly highlighted the long-term consequences of the Supreme Court's failure to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , which defined marriage as the bond of one man and one woman: Read More

05 Jul 13

Tags Gays in the Military/LGBT Law, Judicial/Legal Matters