The US Army will accept "Gay" and lesbian

CNN protest against the policy of "do not ask, which tell."

WASHINGTON - the Pentagon could declare that the US Army is ready to receive members of gays and lesbians, said a US official said CNN, Thursday (7/9/2011).

According to officials who did not want his name called, an announcement in this regard, it is necessary to cancel a policy of "don't ask", not tell, is likely to occur on the local time of Friday. According to these officials, the acceptance of gay and lesbian soldiers will not damage the preparation of the U.S. Army.

Based on a draft law which was adopted last year which establishes a process to cancel a controversial policy, us Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of staff Admiral Defence Secretary Mike Mullen, with the President Barack Obama, were signing a file which confirms the capability of the army to accept troops of gay men and lesbians. In fact, after the passage of this file, there is a waiting period of 60 days before the removal of fully implemented.

One of the main supporters of the Group's policy of revocation, Servicemembers United, in a statement Thursday, said that the Group expected since he has immediately Panetta replaced Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense on July 1. "We are pleased to note that only three weeks in his tenure as Minister of defence, (Panetta) he was satisfied that this policy change can occur with little or no encroachment on military readiness," a statement from Servicemembers United.

The cancellation policy "don't ask, do Tell" will end the legal feud that convoluted, led by human rights groups and the rights of homosexuals. A group of rights of homosexuals, the Log Cabin Republicans, continued the old 18 year ban that prohibits gays and lesbians serving in the armed forces of United States.

Last September, judge of district of the United States Virginia Phillips, States, the ban was unconstitutional and demanded the military Government immediately stop its implementation.