Let’s hope someone at the Pentagon — and the White House — is listening:
The day after the U.S. Air Force agreed to temporarily block the discharge of Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach, Rep. Barney Frank is asking [pdf] the U.S. Air Force secretary to put an end to discharge proceedings altogether.
Frank writes, “Under any circumstances, the decision to discharge Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach would be not only completely unfair, but a distortion of The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Now that we have agreement among The President, The House and the Senate Armed Services Committee that the policy should be abolished, it would be an unbelievable travesty of justice to discharge him. I strongly urge you to end the proceedings against Lt. Col. Fehrenbach.”
End the proceedings against Fehrenbach and every other servicemember facing discharge under DADT.
Here’s an idea: Instead of bitching about bloggers, the White House LGBT liaison Brian Bond should be working to prevent this “unbelievable travesty.” That would be a productive use of his time. And, at this point, if Fehrenbach gets discharged, it’s Obama’s responsibility.
