Pentagon Survey Catches a Tiger by the Tail
Defense Department officials should learn a lesson from the uproar that ensued when gay activists "outed" and denounced the official survey of troops on the issue of homosexuals in the military. Jumping the gun on congressional action to repeal the 1993 law that is usually mislabeled "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Pentagon is circulating a professionally prepared survey asking 400,000 active duty, reserve, and guard personnel what they think about ways that military life would change if the law is repealed. More...