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The psychiatrist was discharged involuntari Elizabeth Kier, a University of Washington ly in 1994 for stating he is gay under the “don’t political science professor, said this practice will ask, don’t tell” policy. This is the first time a exacerbate the growing divisions between mili court has ruled on the administration of the mil tary and civilian life and contribute to recruiting itary’s recoupment policy for homosexuals. shortfalls. “The persistence of an anti-gay The Pentagon’s “Deutch memorandum" bias...has the potential to erode the American provides that recoupment is not warranted public’s confidence in the military." when servicemembers are discharged involun According to Alan Dowd, former associate tarily for stating they are gay, lesbian or bisexu editor of American Legion, high schools denied al unless evidence indicates the statement was military recruiters access to their campuses on made solely for the purpose of seeking separa 19,228 separate occasions in 1999. A profession tion. Although the court found Hensala had al staff member of the House Armed Services made repeated statements that he wished to Committee called this “the single biggest obsta serve, Alsup ruled that the Air Force could sub cle to carrying out their recruiting mission.” stitute its opinion about his sincerity. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom, which “The court has misunder lifted its gay ban in January stood the basic precept of 2000, is finding that the more recoupment policy, and by inclusive policy has helped doing so it has helped the Air recruitment by making the Force pour salt into the wound services seem more enlight of rejection,” said C. Dixon ened. In Italy, a retired Osburn, Servicemembers Legal brigadier general said June 6 Defense Network executive that sexual minorities could director. “The salt is the finan be the answer to the country’s cial penalty; the wound is hav declining ranks. ing been fired from one’s cho “The lack of professionals sen career.” could easily be resolved by Osburn said the recoup recruiting immigrants and gays,” ment policy is not supposed to Luigi Caligaris told Milan’s Cor- apply to servicemembers who riere Della Sera newspaper. “We NEAREST »ECffUîTING S’ATIO* come out of the closet. One of should recmit gays as long as the few exceptions is when they promise to conduct them fraud clearly has been commit selves properly in the barracks.” ted in order to obtain a scholarship with no This year, the Air Force is short by about intent to fulfill a service obligation, he added. 1,200 pilots, the Navy is short by about 12,000 “The Army and Navy have understood and sailors, and the Army has lowered traditional applied this policy correctly,” Osburn said. “The standards of admission to attract high school Air Force has consistently been the outlier. It is dropouts. Yet “commanders continue to fire deeply disappointing that the court would miss capable and experienced soldiers simply because the mark so thoroughly and, in doing so, revic they are gay,” said Aaron Belkin, director of the timize the plaintiff.” Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the According to The Associated Press, attorney Military at the University of California in Santa Clyde Wadsworth said he and Hensala were Barbara. “deeply disappointed” with Alsup’s ruling and Total Army discharges of 573 represent a planned to appeal. dramatic increase over the 271 men and women discharged in 1999. According to Servicemem bers Legal Defense Network, more than 200 of the discharges were from Fort Campbell, Ky., ecruiting hortfalls where Pfc. Barry Winchell was killed by fellow een as elf nflicted soldiers because of his perceived sexual orienta ust one week after the Portland Public tion in 1999. 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