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'Don't ask, don't tell' policy is all the talk
The L.A. City Council takes a stand against the military practice of prohibiting disclosure of sexual orientation.
By Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
November 12, 2007
As we've said before in this space, sometimes everything you need to know about the city of Los Angeles is neatly summed up in one nice package.
Take, for example, last Wednesday. Only three hours into the City Council's meeting, members took a stand against the issue of don't ask, don't tell.
This was notable for two reasons.
The first is that don't ask, don't tell -- although perhaps a deplorable, discriminatory policy in our nation's military -- was last big news in 1993.
The second is that the city of Los Angeles does not have a military. Keen readers may note that Los Angeles does, however, have plenty of murders, homeless, traffic jams and people who do not live near a nice park.
Nonetheless, Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who is gay, wanted the council to resolve it was against don't ask, don't tell.
The council upped the stakes Friday when it passed a symbolic resolution against use of the "N" word for hostile purposes.
So, it was quite a week of accomplishments. In other news . . . |
