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Under Harvard Law School (HLS) policy, employers who recruit through the Office of Career Services must sign a pledge stating that they will treat employees equally regardless of sexual orientation. The armed forces’ “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy mandates the discharge of openly gay service members, and the Pentagon has refused to sign the pledge...
...military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?? rule is “offensive to human dignity and to principles of nondiscrimination,” Summers added...
...support of the military. Within Harvard’s diverse gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community many share his feelings about the military, and others no doubt would welcome the opportunity to serve our country in uniform. “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?? weakens our military by depriving it of sorely needed talent and distracting it from its vital mission. President Summers has every right to support the military, but he has no right to welcome their discrimination into the Harvard community...
...Solomon Amendment, a 1996 law that allows the Pentagon to withhold federal funding from universities that inhibit military recruiters’ access to students on campus. Opponents of the Solomon Amendment say the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy violates Harvard’s commitment to non-discrimination...
...millions of dollars per school per year. In spite of Summers’ reluctance to enter the fray, the University has an obligation to take formal action against this amendment because the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy is discriminatory and makes second-class citizens of gay Americans...