http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/discharged-gay-service-members-sue-over-half-pay-policy-nytimes-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/discharged-gay-service-members-sue-over-half-pay-policy-nytimes-com/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:46:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114372 NYTimes.com: According to a statement by the A.C.L.U., “Federal law entitles service members to separation pay if they have been involuntarily discharged from the military after completing at least six years of service. But in 1991, the Defense Department adopted an internal policy that automatically cuts a former service member’s separation pay in half if the service member is discharged because of ‘homosexuality.’” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/discharged-gay-service-members-sue-over-half-pay-policy-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/aclu-challenges-discriminatory-military-policy-cutting-in-half-separation-pay-for-honorably-discharged-gay-and-lesbian-service-members/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/aclu-challenges-discriminatory-military-policy-cutting-in-half-separation-pay-for-honorably-discharged-gay-and-lesbian-service-members/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:32:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81638 ACLU Press Release: "The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of New Mexico filed a class action lawsuit today challenging the Defense Department's discriminatory policy of cutting in half the separation pay of service members who have been honorably discharged for being gay. The separation pay policy is not part of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' statute, and can be changed without congressional approval." Complaint. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/10/aclu-challenges-discriminatory-military-policy-cutting-in-half-separation-pay-for-honorably-discharged-gay-and-lesbian-service-members/feed/ 0