Reply #78: Coincidence? On July 21, 2011, the Log Cabin Republicans filed [View All]

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a brief with the Ninth Circuit saying DADT was still in full force and effect because no certifications required by statute had been made. The LCR cited a number of things, including the suspended (but not ended) discharge proceedings of a gay member of the military under DADT.

This was in response to the D of J's having asked the Ninth Circuit to render the LCR's case, first filed in 2004. moot (void, of no force or effect), largely because of the statute repealing DADT, adopted in December 2010, but not effective until certain certifications have been made.

Later July 21, the same day as the LCR filed its brief pointing out lack of certifications, we learn of a tweet saying certifications may come as soon as July 22.

Lining up the timetable of the case itself with the timetable of what Obama (And Congress and the Pentagon) did and said about DADT is very interesting.

Either a lot of purely coincidental events occurred, or the case filed by the Log Cabin Republicans has had quite an effect.