Lesbian Soliders Most Likely to Be Expelled under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

New studies reveals that women are most likely to be discharged under the current “Don’t Ask,  don’t tell” laws. The revelation comes just as President Obama promises to repeal the law.

Statistics  obtained from the Pentagon revealed that over 619 men and women were discharged  last year due to their sexual orientation  and of those numbers, 1/3 were women.  This despite the fact that they only make up 15 percent of all active duty members.

The numbers were as follows:

Army: although women accounted for only 14 percent of personnel they made up 36 percent of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” discharges in 2008.

Navy: women made up 14 percent of the personnel and 23 percent of  DADT discharges.

Marines:    women made up a mere 6 percent   of personnel and  18 percent of those  discharged.

Air Force:  In the most glaring of  the numbers,   women represented 20 percent of  military  personnel  and 61 percent of those expelled under DADT.

According to Obama, current legislation is being drafted to deal with the issue and new provisions will be made to ensure that  gay men and women do not have their civil  rights infringed upon in the military based on their sexual orientation.

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