Supreme Court Refuses DADT Appeal, Christians Behaving Badly In Washington State, Homophobic Havoc Threatens KRXQ

Monday morning, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal made by former American Army Captain James Pietrangelo II to the Government’s ban on gay’s serving openly in the military. Pietrangeleo, discharged under the policy, was one of eleven other military veterans whose careers were ended by the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy who had challenged the dismissal in a federal appeals court in Boston, and who had hoped to have the highest court rule that the policy was unconstitutional. The appeals court, however, ruled that the policy is “rationally related to the government’s legitimate interest in military discipline,” an interpretation that Supreme Court concurred with. The Court’s refusal to hear the appeal is thought to be a signal that it would rather the executive and legislative branches of government remedy the ridiculous policy enacted during the Clinton administration and not be forced into the awkward position of having to defend policy it is on record as wanting to repeal.

A campaign by a Christian collation to collect signatures for a ballot referendum to block a new Washington State law that expands and strengthens the protections and rights of domestic partners is threatening to divide moderate conservatives who contend the issue is no longer a fight worth fighting and more extreme conservatives who see gay marriage (or the threat thereof) as a battle that must be waged at any and all costs.

Sacramento, California radio station KRXQ will stop airing the live morning show Rob, Arnie & Dawn till this Thursday, after Rob Williams and Arnie States made comments deemed homophobic and inflammatory. Sponsors, including Bank of America and Verizon, have pulled out as advertisers on the station, and a boycott has been called for by a number of groups, who want action to be taken by the station’s corporate parent, Entercom Communications Corp. The utterances of the two, so spectacularly stupid, were first defended a simple jokes.